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▪ I. swack, n. Chiefly Sc.|swæk|
Also 4–6, 9 swak, 5 swake, 9 swauk.
[Echoic. Cf. thwack, whack.]
A hard blow; a whack, bang. Also, a violent dash or impetus.
1375Barbour Bruce v. 643 The king sic swak him gaiff, That he the hede till harnys claif. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints i. (Petrus) 586 He tuk sic a swak, þat harnise, and sched, & body, all fruschit in peciss. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. xii. 1506 Withe a swak þar of his suerde..abuf þe fut He straik þe Lyndissay to þe bane. c1480Henryson Mor. Fab., Fox, Wolf & Cadger xx, He hint him be the heillis, And with ane swak he swang him on the creillis. 1513Douglas æneis i. iii. 22 The jaw of the watter brak, And in ane heip come on thame with ane swak. Ibid. v. viii. 10 Now, hand to hand, the dint lichtis with a swak. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 511 Sum time rasand this traitour..hie in the aire, and leit him fall doun, with ane swak. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxiv, The fell auld lord took the whig such a swauk wi' his broadsword that he made twa pieces o' his head. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 205 There were sic gouffs, and youffs, and swaks. 1886C. Scott Sheep-Farming 202 A small dog has less command over the sheep than a large one, which comes round with a heavy swack.
▪ II. swack, a. Sc.|swæk|
Also 8 swak.
[app. a. Flem. zwak nimble, smart = Du. zwak weak, pliant (see swac).]
Supple; lithe and nimble; smart.
1768Ross Helenore i. 10 She was swak an' souple like a rae: Swack like an eel an' calour like a trout. a1774Ferguson Poems, Caller Water viii, Twill mak ye suple, swack and young. 1828in Buchan Ball. N. Scotl. II. 260 The lassie being swack, ran to the door fu' snack. 1868G. Macdonald R. Falconer I. 272 A good slice of swack cheese. 1871G. Gibbon Lack of Gold xxxix, A swack youth of about eighteen years of age. 1893F. Mackenzie Cruisie Sk. xviii. (1894) 230 Her tongue was as swack as ever. 1894J. Inglis Oor Ain Folk vi. 74 He wis a swack man the minister!
Hence ˈswacken v. intr., to become supple.
a1820G. Beattie John o' Arnha' 23 Wi' that her joints began to swacken.
▪ III. swack, v.1 Sc.|swæk|
Also 4–6, 9 swak, 5 swayk, 6 suak, swake.
[Echoic; cf. swack n. and obs. Du. swacken ‘vibrare’ (Kilian).]
1. trans. To fling, dash; to brandish (a sword).
1375Barbour Bruce x. 623 And nocht-for-thi ȝeit ves thar ane Of thame that swakked doun a stane. Ibid. xvii. 691 The gynour than gert bend in hy The gyne, and swakked out the stane. [So ed. Hart 1616; v.r. swappit.] c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxix. (Placidas) 381 To swak sir eustace in þe se. c1425Wyntoun Cron. iv. iv. 380 That Cyrus suld him tak in yre, And swak him in a birnand fyre. c1480Henryson Mor. Fab., Fox, Wolf & Cadger xxi, The hering ane and ane Out of the creillis he swakkit doun gude wane. 1513Douglas æneis iii. ix. 114 The swelland swirl wphesit ws to hevin, Syne wald the wall swak ws doun full evin. Ibid. x. x. 78 Bald Lucagus swakkis a burnyst brand. 1560Rolland Seven Sages 74 In hir armes culd scho tak Ane mekill stane, and in the well did swak. 18..Battle of Otterbourne in Maidment Scot. Ballads (1868) I. 65 They swakked [v.r. swapped] their swords, till sair they sweat. 1892J. Lumsden Sheep-Head & Trotters 34 Syne swacked they swords in deidly wroth.
absol.c1590J. Stewart Poems (S.T.S.) II. 69/148 Thay suak and poulsis to and fro full fast.
2. intr. To strike or dash heavily.
c1470Henry Wallace v. 195 At Wallace in the hed he swaket thar. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 147 Baith totterin' knichts were like to swak Upon the yird thegither.
▪ IV. swack, int.|swæk|
Imitative of the sound of a smart heavy blow.
1673Hickeringill Greg. F. Greyb. 141 All stands [sic] aloft; swack, swack. 1884G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Dec. 73/1 The swack! swack! of the fagot-cutter's ‘bill-hook’. |