'Swink' definitions:
Definition of 'Swink'
From: GCIDE
- Swink \Swink\, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.] Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swink'
From: GCIDE
- Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." --Sir Samuel Freguson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swink'
From: GCIDE
- Swink \Swink\, v. t.
- 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- To devour all that others swink. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Swink, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Swink, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000) :
696
Housing Units (2000) :
291
Land area (2000) :
0.269292 sq. miles (0.697463 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.269292 sq. miles (0.697463 sq. km)
FIPS code :
75970
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
38.014739 N, 103.627802 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Swink, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Swink, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
83
Housing Units (2000) :
47
Land area (2000) :
0.161756 sq. miles (0.418946 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.161756 sq. miles (0.418946 sq. km)
FIPS code :
71950
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
34.018441 N, 95.202851 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.