'Swinking' definitions:
Definition of 'Swinking'
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]