swipe (swip)

i. and t.; pret. and pp. swiped, ppr. swiping. [In earlier use with a short vowel, as if mod. * swi * swip; IMG:content-2645.jpg:[blocks in formation] which the peculiar texture of stockinet is imitated. Swi drill. See drilll.-Swi embroidery. (4) Needlework in white on white, especially in washable materials: common in Switzerland. (b) An imitation of this, made by ma II. trans. To give a whirling motion to. The lower fall, though le exposed, was yet violently swirled and torn and thrashed about in its narrow cañon. The Century , XL. 498. swirl (swerl), n. [ Headlong I darted; at one eager swirl Gain'd its bright portal. Keats , Endymion, iii. There was a rush and a swirl along the surface of the stream, and "Caiman! caiman!" shouted twenty voices; the moonlight shone on a great swirling eddy, while all held their breaths. Kingsley, Westward Ho, xxv. Hence-2. Specifically, in angling , the rush of a fish through the water when it rises to a fly. IMG:content-2646.jpg:[graphic] great extent superseded the real needlework. - Swi guards, bodies of mercenary soldiers recruited from Switzerland, long in the service of France and other countries. These mercenaries continued to be employed in Naples and elsewhere in nineteenth -3. A twist or convolution, as in the grain of century, although the wood; a curl; a spot marked by swirling.-4. Same as swire , 2. ing blow; deliver a hard blow or stroke with the full swi swing of the arms; strike or drive with great force. [Colloq.] Swipte hire of that heaued. Life of St. Katherine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2452. swiping with all his force. The first ball of the over Jack steps out and meets, T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 8. A vulgar but strong expre ion in the South for a se, vere beating is "He swiped up the very earth with him,' or "He swiped the whole thing out" - in these cases meaning about the same as sweep. Trans. Amer . Philol . A ., XVII. 45. 21. To drink, or drink off, hastily. - 3. To snatch; steal by snatching; steal. [Slang.] swipe (swip), n. [ swipe = Icel. svipr , a swoop, a glimpse, look: see swipe , v .] 1. Same as sweep , 10.-2. A hard blow; a stroke with the full swing of the arms, as in cricket or golf. [Colloq.] Swipe , "a blow," as "Jack made a swipe at him with his knife," though not very elegant, is not uncommon in some parts of the South, and doubtle West also. Trans. Amer. Philol . A ., XVII. 44. In driving for Tel-el-Kebir (a golf-hole), Kirk had a long swipe off the tee. The Field, Sept. 4, 1886, p. 377. swipe-beam (swip'bēm), n. The counterpoise lever of a drawbridge. swiper (swi'pėr), n. [ T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 8. swipes (swips), n. [Also swypes ; swipe , v .] Poor, washy beer; a kind of small beer; hence, by extension, malt liquor in general. [Vulgar.] The twopenny is undeniable; but it is small swipes small swipes -more of hop than malt-with your leave I'll try your black bottle. Scott , Red gauntlet, letter xiii. swipey (swi'pi), a. [ swipe + -yl.] Drunk, especially with malt liquor. or. [Slang.] "He ain't ill. He's only a little swipey , you know." Mr. Bailey reeled in his boots to expre intoxication. Dickens , Martin Chuzzlewit, xxviii.