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Swap
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Swap off his head!" Chaucer.
2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. C. Richardson (Dict.). All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. Chaucer.
2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]