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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.

imp. of Swing.

One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.

See Swainmote.

An active and clever young fellow. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Resembling a swan.

A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit.

A place where swans are bred. "The largest swannery in England." Encyc. Brit.

Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck. Richardson.

The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan. S. W. Williams.

The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.

A large swan. B. Jonson.

To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans. "Baby figure" Shak.

bred or produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.

A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.