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English → English (gcide) Definition: Swink Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.” --Sir Samuel Freguson. [1913 Webster] Swink \Swink\, v. t. 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] To devour all that others swink. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Swink \Swink\, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.] Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]