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A little swain. [R.]

the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury. [Written also swanimote, and sweinmote.] Blackstone.

The condition of a swain.

To walk proudly; to sweep along. [Prov. Eng.] Todd.

Swelled. Chaucer.

A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners. [Prov. Eng.]

Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.

Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow- tailed coat.

One who swallows; also, a glutton. Tatler.

The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.

A swallow-tailed coat. This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow buttons. Thackeray.

um officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort. African swallowwort, a plant of the genus Stapelia.

imp. of Swim.

d with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). Swamp black…

Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.

aceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.

The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.

A corruption of Swan-upping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit.

A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit.