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Webster 1913 Edition


Swape

Swape

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Noun.
See
Sweep
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Noun.
, 12.

Webster 1828 Edition


Swape

SWAPE

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Noun.
A pole supported by a fulcrum on which it turns, used for raising water from a well, for churning, &c. [This Bailey spells swipe, and in N. England it is pronounced sweep,as in well-sweep.]

Definition 2024


swape

swape

English

Noun

swape (plural swapes)

  1. A bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle e.g. on the end of a shaft.
  2. A steering oar use by Tyne keelmen.
  3. A kind of mechanical scoop for water.

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