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SWEEK, _s._ The art of doing any thing properly, S. B.

Su. G. _swik_, _swek_, dolus; Isl. _mer-um swig_, ultra meas vires.

_To_ SWEEL, _v. n._ To drink copiously. S. _swill_, E.

* SWEET, _adj._ Not salted, S.

_A. Douglas._

SWEETBREAD, _s._ The diaphragm in animals, S.

SWEETIES, _s. pl._ Sweetmeats, S.

_Ramsay._

~Sweetie-bun~, ~Sweetie-scon~, _s._ A cake baked with sweetmeats, S.

_Pop. Ball._

SWEG, SWEIG, _s._ A quant.i.ty, a considerable number, Loth.

This seems merely a variety of ~Swack~, q. v.

SWEY, _s._ A long crow for raising stones, Ang.

Isl. _sweig-ia_, inclinare.

SWEYNGEOUR, SWYNGEOUR, _s._ A drone, a sluggard, S.

A. S. _sweng_, lazy; _swongornes_, torpor.

SWEIR, SWERE, SWEER, SWEAR, _adj._

1. Lazy, indolent, S.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _swaer_, _swere_, piger, deses.

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