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To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.

To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle. Addison.

Not capable of being swayed. Shak.

To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] Shak. Cowper.

To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

See Swarf.

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr.

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.

Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv.

Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc. ; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleas…

Inability to swallow.

The language of the Alemanni. The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc.

Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged. The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay.

One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor. The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.

A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. Asclepias butterfly (Zoöl.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.

Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

uent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects. What cares must then attend the toiling swain. Dryden.

One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table. Holmes.

ind." Shak. O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel. Udall.