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struction. Some very extensive quarries are wrought in this 
neighbourhood, which, together with the pursuits of husban¬ 
dry, afford sufficient employment for the mass of inhabitants. 
The stones raised from these quarries are usually of great 
magnitude, and, in point of beauty and durability, scarcely 
yield, when cut, to the celebrated Portland Stone. Swindon 
house, a seat of the family of Goddard, stands at a short dis¬ 
tance from the north side of the church-yard. It is a neat 
edifice. In a field at Brome, to the north of Swindon, is 
a stone called Long Stone, which, with several others, are 
supposed to be the remains of a Druidical temple. In 1811 
Swindon contained 263 houses, and 1341 inhabitants. 
SWINDON, a parish of England, in Gloucestershire ; 2 
miles north-north-west of Cheltenham. 
SWINDON, a village of England, in Staffordshire, north¬ 
west of King’s Swinford. Here are blade-mills, where 
scythes, axes, reaping-hooks, &c., after being prepared by 
the white-smiths, are ground to a fine edge. 
SWINDON, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire-, 6 miles west-by-south of Wetherby. 
SWINE, s. [nun, Sax. ; swyn, Dutch.] A hog; a 
pig.—O monstrous oeast! how like a swine he lies! Shalc~ 
spearc. 
SWINE, a parish of England, East Riding of Yorkshire; 
6 miles north-north-east of Kingston-upon-Hull. 
SW'INEBREAD, s. \cyclaminus.'] A kind of plant; 
truffles. 
SWINEFLEET, a township of England, West Riding 
of Yorkshire, situated on the Ouse; 4~ miles south-by-east of 
Howden. Population 770. 
SWINEFORD, an inconsiderable village of Ireland, in 
the county of Mayo ; 103 miles west of Dublin castle. 
SW'INEGRASS, s. An herb. 
SW'INEHERD, s. Qpm and hypb, Sax.] A keeper 
of hogs.'—There swineherd, that keepeth the hog. Tusser. 
SWINFiHOP, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire ; 6§ 
miles south-east-by-east of Caistor. 
SWINEMUNDE, a small town of the Prussian states, in 
Pomerania, in the isle of Usedom, at the mouth of the river 
Swine. It is neatly built, contains 2400 inhabitants, chiefly 
fishermen, pilots, and sailors, and serves as a harbour to the 
town of Stettin; all ships of more than 100 tons burden being 
obliged to discharge or lighten their cargoes here. In 1757 
this place was attacked by the Swedes, and suffered consider¬ 
able injury ; 15 miles north-north-east of Usedom. Lat. 53. 
56. N. long. 14.12. E. 
SWFNEPIPE, s. A bird of the thrush kind. Bailey. 
SWINESHEAD, a market town of England, in the 
county of Lincoln. It is a small neat town. Market on 
Thursday. Population in 1811, 1561; 7 miles south-west 
of Boston, and 109 north-east of London. 
SWINESHEAD, a parish of England, in Huntingdon¬ 
shire ; 3 miles west-south-west of Kimbolton. 
SWINESTEAD, a parish of England,<in Lincolnshire; 
2 miles south-east of Corby. 
SWFNESTY, s. A hogsty; a place in which swine are 
shut to be fed. 
SWINESUND, a bay of the German ocean, which sepa¬ 
rates Norway from the province of Bahus in Sweden, and 
extends as far as Frederickshall. It is almost entirely sur¬ 
rounded by steep rocks. 
SWINETHORPE, a hamlet of England, in Lincolnshire; 
8 miles west-by-south of Lincoln. 
SWINEYARD, a hamlet of England, in Cheshire; 7 miles 
north-north-west of Nether Knutsford. 
SWINFEN, a hamlet of England, in Staffordshire; 2 
miles south-south-east of Lichfield. 
SWINFORD, a parish of England, in Leicestershire; 4 
miles south-south-east of Lutterworth. Population 410. 
SWINFORD, King’s. See King Swinford. 
SWINFORD, Old, a parish of England, in Worcester¬ 
shire ; mile north-north-west of Hagley. 
To SWING, v, n. [pbengan, Sax.] To wave to and 
fro, hanging loosely.—Jack hath hanged himself: let us go 
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see how he swings. Arbuthnot. —To fly backward and 
forward on a rope. 
To SWING, v. a. Preterite swang, swung. To make 
to play loosely on a string. To whirl round in the air. 
His sword prepar’d. 
He swang about his head, and cut the winds. Shakspeare. 
To wave loosely. 
If one approach to dare his force, 
He swings his tail, and swiftly turns him round. Dryden. 
SWING, s. Motion of any thing hanging loosely.—In 
casting of any thing, the arms, to make a greater swing, are 
first cast backward. Bacon. —A line on which any thing 
hangs loose. Influence or power of a body put in motion. 
The ram that batters down the wall, 
For the great swing and rudeness of his poize, 
They place before his hand that made the engine. 
Shakspeare. 
Course; unrestrained liberty; abandonment to any mo¬ 
tive. 
Take thy swing; 
For not to take, is but the self-same thing. Dryden. 
Unrestrained tendency.—Were it not for these, civil go¬ 
vernment were not able to stand before the prevailing swin <r 
of corrupt nature, which would know no honesty but ad¬ 
vantage. South. 
To SWINGE, v. a [ppmgan, Sax.] The g in this 
word, and all its derivatives, sounds as in gem, giant. ] To 
whip; to bastinade; to punish.—Sir, I was in love with 
my bed : I thank you, you swing'd me from my love, which 
makes me the bolder to chide you for your’s. Shakspeare. 
—To move as a lash. Not in use. 
He, wroth to see his kingdom fail, 
Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton. 
SWINGE, s. [flung. Sax.] A sway: a sweep of any 
thing in motion. Not in use. 
The shallow water doth her force infringe, 
And renders vain her tail’s impetuous swinge. Waller. 
SWFNGEBUCKLER, s. A bully ; a man who pretends 
to feats of arms.—You had not four such swingebucklers in 
all the inns of court again. Shakspeare. 
SWINGER, s. One who swings; a hurler.—Holy-water 
swyngers, and even song clatterers. Bale. —A great false¬ 
hood: a low expression. —How will he rap out presently 
half a dozen swingers, to get off cleverly! Echard. 
SWINGFIELD, a parish of England, in Kent; 5 miles 
north of Folkestone. 
SWFNGING, adj. Great; huge. Alow word, but of 
ancient usage. 
The sea shall rock it, 
’Tis the best nurse ; ’twill roar and rock together. 
A swinging storm will sing you such a lullaby. 
Beaum. and FI. 
SWFNGINGLY, adv. Vastly; greatly. 
Henceforward he’ll print neither pamphlets nor linen. 
And, if swearing, can do’t shall be swingingly maul’d. 
Swift. 
SWINGK, or Ismene, a small town of Austrian Illyria, 
in the peninsula of Istria; 6 miles north-west of Mitterburg. 
To SWFNGLE, v. a. To dangle; to wave hanging. 
To swing in pleasure. To rough dress flax. 
SWINHOE, a hamlet of England, in Northumberland; 7 
miles south-east-by-east of Belford. 
SWINHOLM, one of the smaller Shetland isles. 
SWI'NISH, adj. Befitting swine; resembling swine; 
gross; brutal. 
They clepe us drunkards, and with swinish phrase 
Soil our addition. Shakspeare. 
To SWINK, v. n. [fjuncan, Sax.] To labour; to toil; 
to drudge. Obsolete. 
Riches, 
