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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Swink

/swĭngk/ · IPA /swɪŋk/
01 v. i. To labor; to toil; to salve.
imp. Swank; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking
  1. 1.
    To labor; to toil; to salve.[Obs. or Archaic]
    “Or swink with his hands and labor.” — Chaucer.
    “For which men swink and sweat incessantly.” — Spenser.
    “The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.”” — Sir Samuel Freguson.
02 v. t. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
  1. 1.
    To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.[Obs.]
    “And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.” — Milton.
  2. 2.
    To acquire by labor.[Obs.]
    “To devour all that others swink.” — Chaucer.
03 n. Labor; toil; drudgery.
  1. 1.
    Labor; toil; drudgery.[Obs.]