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2. Reluctant, unwilling, S.

_Ramsay._

3. n.i.g.g.ardly, unwilling to part with any thing, S. O.

~Dead-sweir~, _adj._ Extremely lazy, S.

_Rutherford._

~Sweir-kitty~, _s._ An instrument for winding yarn, S. B.

_Sweir_, and _Kitty_, a contemptuous term for a woman.

~Sweirnes~, _s._ Laziness, S.

_Dunbar._

~Sweir-tree~, _s._ An amus.e.m.e.nt, in which two persons are seated on the ground, and holding a stick between them, each tries who shall first draw the other up; Fife.

SWELCHIE, _s._ A seal.

V. ~Selch~.

_Brand._

SWELCHIE, _s._ A whirlpool, Orkn.

V. ~Swelth~, s.

SWELL, _s._ A bog, S. B.

V. ~Swelth~.

_To_ SWELLY, _v. a._ To swallow, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _swelg-an_, Su. G. _swael-ja_, vorare.

_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To die.

_Barbour._

A. S. _swealt-an_, _swelt-an_, mori.