2. Noun. A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swire
1. a hollow between two hills [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swire
Literary usage of Swire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1895)
"swire, 9 App. Cat. 653. and common intendment: also consideration of blood,
natural affection, is a good consideration, but not such a good consideration ..."
2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1885)
"... Admissions, see each day'}, paper Stott, Wm., for Wounding, 11 » 6 f Disorderly
House, 31 о 4 rf swire, Edw., and another, for Stealing, 7 Stuart. ..."
3. The Canada Law Journalby Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1878)
"... and appropriated the amount falsely charged, to his own use. Seid, that the
plaintiff could recover the amount from the defendant.—swire et al v. ..."
4. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice (1888)
"swire. 9 App. Cas. 653, and that of Mr. Justice Thompson speaking for the full
Court in McLean v. Bell, 5 Russ & G. (Nova Scotia) 130. ..."
5. Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland, and of the Border Raids, Forays (1849)
"THE RAID OF THE RED swire. ON the 7th of June, 1575, a murderous riot occurred
at a Border gathering on the Carter Mountain, on the extreme limits of the ..."
6. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1885)
"swire, HL said mortgagor "—that is to say, if Mr. Vaughan did not pay the money
owed when a demand had been made in writing within seven days, ..."
7. British Industries Under Free Trade: Essays by Experts by Harold Cox (1903)
"... THE WOOLLEN INDUSTRY By Sir swire Smith THE wool industry is the oldest of
the textile industries of Britain, and was introduced by the Flemings, ..."
8. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1895)
"swire, 9 App. Cat. 653. and common intendment: also consideration of blood,
natural affection, is a good consideration, but not such a good consideration ..."
9. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1885)
"... Admissions, see each day'}, paper Stott, Wm., for Wounding, 11 » 6 f Disorderly
House, 31 о 4 rf swire, Edw., and another, for Stealing, 7 Stuart. ..."
10. The Canada Law Journalby Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1878)
"... and appropriated the amount falsely charged, to his own use. Seid, that the
plaintiff could recover the amount from the defendant.—swire et al v. ..."
11. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice (1888)
"swire. 9 App. Cas. 653, and that of Mr. Justice Thompson speaking for the full
Court in McLean v. Bell, 5 Russ & G. (Nova Scotia) 130. ..."
12. Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland, and of the Border Raids, Forays (1849)
"THE RAID OF THE RED swire. ON the 7th of June, 1575, a murderous riot occurred
at a Border gathering on the Carter Mountain, on the extreme limits of the ..."
13. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1885)
"swire, HL said mortgagor "—that is to say, if Mr. Vaughan did not pay the money
owed when a demand had been made in writing within seven days, ..."
14. British Industries Under Free Trade: Essays by Experts by Harold Cox (1903)
"... THE WOOLLEN INDUSTRY By Sir swire Smith THE wool industry is the oldest of
the textile industries of Britain, and was introduced by the Flemings, ..."
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