† sweekn.

Forms: Also 1500s sweake, 1600s sweeke.

Etymology: If the primary sense be ‘swing’, this word is related to sweak v. and to the dialect sweak swing-bar in a fireplace for kettles, etc., swake pump-handle.

Obsolete.

Part of a trap for catching birds.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > trap or snare > part of

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1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard ii. x. sig. Ci If thou wilt Make pit-falls for the Larke and Pheldifare; Thy prop and sweake shall be both ouer-guilt.

1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) vii. sig. P4^v The three sides or parts of the Prop (namely, the Post, the Sweeke, and the Brace) are three sticks, all almost halfe an inch broad, and halfe a quarter of an inch thicke.

1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) vii. sig. P4^v First bait the Sweeke with a thinne piece of good Cheese, or Bacon, or Suet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

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释义	† sweekn. Forms: Also 1500s sweake, 1600s sweeke. Etymology: If the primary sense be ‘swing’, this word is related to sweak v. and to the dialect sweak swing-bar in a fireplace for kettles, etc., swake pump-handle. Obsolete. Part of a trap for catching birds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > trap or snare > part of sweek1594 sweeper1621 1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard ii. x. sig. Ci If thou wilt Make pit-falls for the Larke and Pheldifare; Thy prop and sweake shall be both ouer-guilt. 1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) vii. sig. P4^v The three sides or parts of the Prop (namely, the Post, the Sweeke, and the Brace) are three sticks, all almost halfe an inch broad, and halfe a quarter of an inch thicke. 1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) vii. sig. P4^v First bait the Sweeke with a thinne piece of good Cheese, or Bacon, or Suet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1594
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