a-swingadv.
/əˈswɪŋ/ Swinging, swaying to and fro.
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a-swing1876
1876 E. Dowden Poems 35 Airy bells, a-swing Through half a summer day.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 232 Ships a~swing at their moorings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adv.1876- to make a secret of
- to make a seth(e
- to make a shaft or a bolt of it
- to make a shift
- to make a shot
- to make a show
- to make a show of
- to make a show of oneself
- to make a showing of
- to make a sign
- to make a situation too hot for
- to make a slight
- to make a slight of
- to make a song about
- to make a song over
- to make a sophie's choice
- to make a sorry show
- to make a sortie
- to make a specified amount of easting
- to make a specified amount of northing
- to make a specified amount of southing
- to make a specified amount of westing
- to make a spoon or spoil a horn
- to make a sport of
- to make a spread eagle