swimming-bell 
swimming-bell (swim'ing-bol), . 1. A nec- 
tocalyx. 2. Some hell-shaped part or orpin 
whoso motions serve to propel an animal 
through the water. 
In the nctopnda they [the arm*] arc Tint tinfroqurntly 
connected by a wc-h, and furnl an ettlrirnt Kiritnininif ttftt. 
/:,./,. r.nt.. \\ i. 
swimming-belt (swim'ing-belt), n. A kind of 
lilV-prcscrvcr arranged so as to be worn around 
the body as a support in the water. 
swimming-bladder (swim'ing-blad'dr), n. The 
swim, sound, or air-bladder or a fish. Itlshomo- 
logfcally :t rudimentary lung, though not an organ of res- 
piration, that function beiiiK accomplished hy tho gills. 
>rr inr-Mdttiler and *oHrf-'i (). 
SWimming-crab(svt-im'ing-krab), n. A shuffle- 
cm!) or shuttle-crab; a paddle-crab; any crab 
one or more paim of whose legs are expanded 
and fin-like or fitted for swimming, as in the 
family 1'ortnniil.T. See cut under jxiddle-rrab. 
swimming-fin (s\vira'ing-fln), u. The flap of 
the foot with which a heteropod or a pteropod 
sxvirns. /'. /'. Carpenter. 
swimming-foot (swim'ing-fut), n. A foot or 
leg fitted for swimming; a natatorial limb; 
in crustaceans, a swimmeret: correlated with 
n all, uii/-l'/H>ttHL<l foot-jaw. Such feet are usual- 
ly abdominal, and are technically called pleo- 
poils. Sec cut under Aptts. 
swimmingly (swim'ing-li), adv. In an easy, 
gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; 
easily; without obstruction; with great suc- 
cess; prosperously. [Colloq.] 
Max. Can such a rafical as thou art hope for honour? . . . 
Qeta. Yea ; and bear it too. 
And bear it neimminyly. 
Fletcher (and another 1 !), Prophetess, I. 3. 
And now, for a time, affairs went on swimmingly ; money 
became as plentiful as in the modern days of paper cur- 
rency, and, to use the popular phrase, "a wonderful im- 
pulse was given to public prosperity." 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 233. 
swimmingness (swim'ing-nes), n. The state of 
swimming; an appearance of swimming; es- 
pecially, tearfulness; a melting look. 
You see that picture has a sort of a ha, Foible! a 
*wiminingne8 in the eye yes, I'll look so. 
Congrevt, Way of the World, til. 5. 
His eyes were black too, but had nothing of fierce or in- 
solent ; on the contrary, a certain melancholy ttrimmiuy- 
nete. Walpole, Letters, II. ei 
swimming-plate (swim'ing-plat), n. A wooden 
plate fitted to the hand or foot for assistance in 
swimming. It is little used. 
swimming-pond (swira'ing-pond), n. An arti- 
ficial pond, generally with a sloping bottom, in 
which swimming is learned or practised. 
swimming-school (swim'ing-skpl), n. A place 
where persons are taught to swim. 
swimming-spider (swim'ing-spi'd6r), n. An 
aquatic spider able to swim ; a water-spider ; a 
member of tho old division A'atantes. See cut 
under Argyroncta. 
swimming-stone (swim'ing-ston), . [A literal 
translation of the G. sckwimmntein.'] A very 
cellular variety of flint; an imperfectly formed 
flint: sometimes called floaMane, also in Ger- 
man schwimmkiescl, and in French quartz nec- 
til/llf. 
swimming-tub (swim'ing-tub), n. In calico- 
printiug and /rail-paper manuf., a tub used to 
hold the color, fitted with a floating diaphragm 
of fabric on which the printing-block is laid to 
take up color. 
swindle (swin'dl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. swindled, 
ppr. swindling. [A back-formation < swindler, 
taken as 'cheater,' < swindle, v., cheat, + -er l ; 
but the noun precedes the verb in E.] To 
cheat or defraud. The word implies, commonly, re- 
course to petty and mean artifices for obtaining money 
which may or may not be strictly illegal. 
Lamotte, . . . under pretext of finding a treasure, . . . 
had swindled one of them out of 300 livres. 
V de la Vare/ine, quoted in Carlyle's Diamond Necklace, 
[xvi., note '.i. 
swindle (swin'dl). n. [< swindle, v.] 1. The 
act or process of swindling; a fraudulent 
scheme; an act of cheating; an imposition ; a 
fraud. 
There were besides and they sprang up as if by magic 
insurances for everything: for marriages, for births, 
for baptisms rank sirindlea all. 
Ashton, .Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 113. 
2. Anything that is deceptive or not what it 
is said or thought to be. [Colloq.] 
Let us take, for example, that pathetic strindle, the 
liridge of Sighs. Howelln, Venetian Life, t 
swindleable (svnn'dl-a-bl), a. [< swindle + 
-able.'] Capable of being swindled; easily 
duped. [Rare.] 
384 
6113 
I look easily ncindUabU. 
M. Coliint, Thoughts In my Garden, I. 283. (Encyc. Diet.) 
swindler (w in'ciler), n. [< G. srhirindlrr (= D. 
a, mli 1'nir), an extravagant projector, a swin- 
dler, < tscliirinil' In, be dizzy, act thoughtlessly. 
cheat, freq. of xi-lnrinili n. decay, sink, vanish. 
fall, = AS. KH-iinliiH, languish. Cf. swim 1 .] One 
who swindles; one who defrauds or makes a 
practice of defrauding others; a cheat; a rogue. 
After that you turned nrindler, and got out of gaol by 
an act for the relief of insolvent debtors. 
Pimtr, The Capuchin, ii. 
swindlery (swin'dli-r-i), . The acts or prac- 
tices of u swindler; roguery. [Rare.] 
Sirindlrry and lilackguardlsm have stretched hands 
across the Channel, and saluu-il mutually. 
Carlylr, French Rev., I. IL 6. 
swindling (swin'dlint;). )' Fraudulent; 
cheating: as, a swindling operation. 
SWine (swiii), .; pi. sirine. [< ME. s\rim; 
Nwm . "/fin (both sing, and pi.), < AS. twin (pi. 
mriii), a pig, swine, = OS. swin = OFries. .-( 
= MD. twijn, 1). ;//' = MLG. ttwin, LG. .*/// 
= OHG. MHO. swin, G. schwein = Icel. xrin = 
Sw. Dan. st-in = Goth, sicein, a swine; cf. Pol. 
swinia = Bohem. swine, RUNS, svineya, a swine 
(svinka, a pig, srinoi, swinish, etc.); orig. ad- 
jectival forms (cf. Pol. swini, adj.), like L. sui- 
(> E. suiiie), of or pertaining to swine; with 
adj. formative -n, from the form seen in L. sun 
= Gr. ovc, if, a sow: see oif 2 .] 1. An ungu- 
late iinn-niniinaiit quadruped, of the family 
s'ldWas in a broad sense ; any hog, pig, BOW, or 
boar; in the plural, these animals collectively. 
The word Is commonly used In the plural, twine, as a col- 
lective noun, meaning several individuals of a given spe- 
cies, as of the domestic hog, or several kinds of swinish 
animals, as the hog, the wart-hog, the peccary, the habl- 
russa, etc. The most important breeds of swine are those 
originated in England during the present century. Some 
have been produced by crossing native hogs with China 
and Italian (Neapolitan) breeds. Among the most promi- 
nent are the following: tho Berkshires, black pigs, with 
white on the feet, face, tip of the tail, and occasionally on 
the arm, and erect ears of medium size ; the Essex, black 
pigs of small to medium size, with small ears at first erect, 
later drooping ; and the Yorkshires, a well-established 
breed of large and small hogs of white color, resembling 
the Suffolk breed, also with white skin and small upright 
ears. Neapolitans represent a breed of rather small Ital- 
ian swine, seldom bred In tho t'nlted States. They into 
scribed as having a bluish-plum or slaty color, the skin 
nearly free from hair, and the ears small, standing forward 
horizontally. The English varieties, especially the Berk- 
shires, are largely bred in the I'nited States, where are also 
raised a number of native breeds. The Poland-China ori- 
ginated during the present century in Ohio from several 
breeds, including some so-called China hogs. They are 
characterized by a dark spotted or black color, small, broad, 
slightly concave face, and fine, drooping ears. The Duroc- 
Jersey, of unknown origin, has been bred in New Jersey for 
many years ; they are large red animals with lopped ears. 
The Chester white originated in Chester county, Pennsyl- 
vania. Cheshires and Victorias are white swine, origi- 
nating In New York .State, which do not represent distinct 
breeds. See cuts under babirtutfa, boar, Artiodactyla, gy- 
ruf, tulnu, mctotternum, peccary, and Potamochcenitt. 
Sche broujt fram the kychene 
A Beheld of a wylde mrynne, 
Hastelettus in galantyne. 
Sir Degrevant, 1. 1398. 
We never kill'd so large a nrine ; so fierce, too, 
I never met with yet. 
Fletcher (and another ?), Prophetess, I. 3. 
One great Hogg may doc as much mischief in a Garden 
as many little Sirine. Milton, Elkonoklastes, Iv. 
2. A mean, degraded person; a hoggish in- 
dividual. [Slang.]-mtestlnal fever of swine. 
Same as hog-cholera (which see, under cholera). Compare 
swine-plague. 
swine-backedt, a. Convex; hog-backed. 
Fourthly [a question may be asked], in couling or sheer- 
ing, whether high or low, whether somewhat nrine-backed 
(I must use shooters' words) or saddje-backed, whether 
round or square shorn? 
Ascham, Toxophllus (ed. 1804), p. 123. 
swine-bread (swin'bred), . 1. The earthnut 
or hawknut. See hawknut. 2. Same as sow- 
bread. 3. The truffle. 
SWine-cotet, . A pigsty. Palsgrave. 
swine-cress (swln'kres), M. See Senebiera. 
SWine-drunkt (swin'drungk), a. Very drunk, 
as if brought to the level of a swine by intoxi- 
cation. 
Drunkenness is his best virtue, for he will be twine- 
drunk. Shale., All's Well, IT. 3. 280. 
swine-feather (swin'feTH'er), n. Same as 
swine's-fi'atlicr. 
swinefish (swin'fish), n. 1. The wolf-fish, 
Aniirrhii-has luptis: so called from the way it 
works its snout. See cut under Anarrhii-inix. 
2. The banded rudder-fish, Seriola sonata. 
[Narragansett Bay, U. S.] 
swine-flesh (swin'flesh), . [< ME. swinflesch 
(= G. srhireinfleischy, < swine + flesh.] Pork. 
swineyard 
swine-grass (swinVrs>, n. Same as knot- 
.1. 
swineherd (swiu'herd), n. [< swine + )i<ril~.~\ 
A herder m- keeper of swine. Also XH -meirard. 
"The curse of St. Wlthold upon these Infernal porkers!" 
said the Sirinc-hcrd, Scott, Ivanhoe, L 
BWineherdship (swin'henl-ship), . [< swine- 
-r- -xl/ij/.] The office or position of a swine- 
herd. 
The nei-dif ki)ig . . . 
An vnder-nrinrhrardship did serue. 
Wariur, Albion's England, iv. 84. 
swine-oat (swin'ot), n. The naked oat, Avena. 
n intii, j^rciwn for the use of pigs, as in Cornwall, 
swine-penny (swin'pen'i), n. A piece of money 
rooted up by swine. [Local, Eng.] 
Here [Littleborough) . . . great numbers of coins have 
been taken up in ploughing and digging, which they cali 
Skefru-pentM, because those creatures sometimes rout them 
up. Ue/oe, Tour through Oreat Britain, III. 9. (Dariet.) 
swine-plague (nwin'plaV), M. An infectious 
disease of swine, appearing in more or less 
extensive epizootics, in which usually most 
of the animals exposed to the infection suc- 
cumb. The disease is caused by specific bacteria, and is 
localized in the lungs, giving rise to pneumonia and pleu- 
risy. The digestive tract may be secondarily Involved. 
In such cases diphtheritic inflammation of the mucous 
membrane of the large Intestine is present. Swine-plague 
is not readily distinguished from hog-cholera. In the 
latter disease the lesions, chiefly limited to the large In- 
testine, are In the form of round button-shaped ulcers 
and diphtheritic patches. I.ung-dlsease Is slight or ab- 
sent. The specific bacteria causing hog-cholera are readily 
distinguished from those of swine plague, and upon this 
distinction the diagnosis is mainly based. The Introduc- 
tion of diseased swine Into a herd is probably the main 
cause of the spreading of both maladies. 
swine-pox (swin'poks), n. Chicken-pox. Also 
swine's pox. 
The tirinc'i-pnx overtake you ! there 's a curse 
For a Turk, that eats no hog's flesh. 
Matriiiyer, Renegado, L 3. 
It did not prove the small-pox, but only the nrine pox. 
Pepyi, Diary, Jan. 13, 1669. 
swinery (swi'ner-i), n. ; pi. swineries (-iz). [< 
swine + -ery.] A place where swine are kept; 
a piggery; hence, a horde of swine or swinish 
persons. 
Thus are parterres of Richmond and of Kew 
Dug up for bull, and cow, and ram, and ewe, 
And Windsor-Park so glorious made a nrinery. 
Wolcot (P. Pindar), Works, p. 216. (Daviet.) 
The enlightened public one huge Gadarenes-nrinery. 
t;,rl : ilr, Nigger Question. 
swine's-bane (swlnz'ban), . Same as sow- 
bane. 
SWine's-crOSS (swinz'kres), ii. Same as swine- 
Swine's-feather, 
I6th century. 
swine's-feathert (swinz'feTH'er), 
n. (a) A broad-bladed spear used 
in the boar-hunt. See boar-spear. 
(b) A similar weapon used in war, 
to which many different forms 
were given, 
swine's-grass (swinz'gras), . 
Same as knot-grass, 1. 
SWinesheadt(swiuz'hed), n. [ME. 
swyneshecd, < AS. sicines hedfod, a 
swine's head : see swine and head. ] 
A stupid person ; a dolt. 
He seyde, "Thou John, thon swynctheed, 
await." Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 342. 
SWine's-snOUt (swinz'snout), n. 
The dandelion, Taraxacum offici- 
nale: so called from the form of 
its receptacle after fruiting. 
swine's-succory (swinz'suk'o-ri), 
n. See succory. 
swinestone (swin'ston), i. Same as stinkstone. 
Swine-sty (swin'sti), . [< ME. xirinsty (= MD. 
f/rijiistijc = OHG. swinstige = Icel. svinsti); < 
sirine + sty-.] A pigsty. 
swine-thistle (swin'this'l), n. Same as sow- 
thistle. 
swineward (swin'ward), i. [Formerly also 
swinward-; < swine + ward.] Same as swine- 
herd. 
Neere to the May-pole on the way 
This sluggish nrintrard met me. 
'. Bioirne, shepherd's Pipe, II. 
swineyardt (swin'yard), n. [A corruption of 
MiMMMLj 1. A swineherd or swineward. 
Herds-men, or fwinyardt. 
Bishop, Marrow of Astrology, p. 36. (HaUiuxU.) 
2. A boar, as the chief or master of the herd. 
Then sett down the tirineyard [the boar's head I, 
The foe to the vineyard, 
Let Bacchus crowne his fall. 
Chrittmai Prince, p. 24. (ffaret.) 
