Swage
(Swage), v. t. To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a
groove or mold having the required shape.
Swagger
(Swag"ger) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swaggered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering.] [Freq. of swag.]
1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
A man who swaggers about London clubs.
Beaconsfield. 2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
Arbuthnot.
To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
Colier. Swagger
(Swag"ger), v. t. To bully. [R.] Swift.
Swagger
(Swag"ger), n. The act or manner of a swaggerer.
He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us.
W. Irving. Swaggerer
(Swag"ger*er) n. One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow. Shak.
Swaggy
(Swag"gy) a. Inclined to swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight. Sir T. Browne.
Swain
(Swain) n. [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy, servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS.
swan, OHG. swein.]
1. A servant. [Obs.]
Him behoves serve himself that has no swain.
Chaucer. 2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; chiefly in poetry.
It were a happy life
To be no better than a homely swain.
Shak.
Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel.
Pope. Swainish
(Swain"ish), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. "An ungentle and swainish
beast." Milton. Swain"ish*ness, n. Emerson.
Swainling
(Swain"ling) n. A little swain. [R.]
Swainmote
(Swain"mote`) n. [Swain + mote meeting: cf. LL. swanimotum.] (Eng. Forest Law) A court
held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains,
or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury. [Written also swanimote, and sweinmote.] Blackstone.
Swainship
(Swain"ship), n. The condition of a swain.
Swaip
(Swaip) v. i. [Cf. Sweep.] To walk proudly; to sweep along. [Prov. Eng.] Todd.