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† swevel(l Obs.
[For *swervel, ad. WFris. (? Flem.) swervel, f. swervje to rove (see swerve). Cf. swarmer2.]
(See quots.)
1634J. B[ate] Myst. Nat. 76 Swevels are nothing else but Rockets, having instead of a rod (to ballast them) a little cane bound fast unto them. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xvi. (Roxb.) 91/2 A Swevell or Rockett. |