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]
Or swink with his hands and labor.
Chaucer.
For which men swink and sweat incessantly.
Spenser.
The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho."
Sir Samuel Freguson.
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Swink, v. t.
1.
To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
[Obs.]
And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.
Milton.
2.
To acquire by labor.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
To devour all that others swink.
Chaucer.
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Swink, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.]
Labor; toil; drudgery.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser.
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