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Definition of Swang
1. n. A swamp.
Definition of Swang
1. Noun. A swamp. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic and dialectal) (simple past of swing) Now largely replaced by swung. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swang
1. swing [v] - See also: swing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swang
Literary usage of Swang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunlight and Shadow: Or, Gleanings from My Life Work : Comprising Personal by John Bartholomew Gough (1884)
"... Employing the Assistance of the Devil — The "Swing swang"— Practice often
against Theories—" Horses going to the Dogs" — Liverpool & Manchester Railway ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"Notches of Moss swang Overflow and Castle Rigg Oxbow. 1902. ... 1902 Moss swang,
looking to Intake from Castle Hill. 1902. Moss swang, looking up ..."
3. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"To swing with great force; to swang the swang-WAYS, adv. Obliquely;aside. Nf.
door. Norf. SWANK,s. [To Sink, Sank, Swank.] A To SWANK, vn To sink in the ..."
4. Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia by Geographical Society of Philadelphia (1922)
"swang. A term for moorland and other bogs ; eg, Moss swang, Gale swang (where
... Moss swang is a peat bog in a hollow. Elgee, Frank: The Moorlands of ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"All from Teut. base swang, appearing in the pt. t. of the above strong verbs.
This is a nasalised form of SWAG, to sway ; see Sway. ..."
6. On the Formation of English Words by Means of Ablaut: A Grammatical Essay by Karl Warnke (1878)
"swang. to swing to move from side to side, to vibrate. — swang, soft wet ground,
shaking and yielding under one's feet, ie a bog, a moor, cp. quagmire, ..."
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