英语词汇“swafe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

swafe

释义

† swafe Obs.
Also 4–5 swayf(e, sweyf, swaffe, 8 swave.
[f. ON. sveif- in *sveifa swayve, sveif tiller (cf. OHG. sweib swinging), related to svíf- in svífa = OE. swífan to swive; the general notion being that of sweeping or swinging.]
1. A swinging stroke or blow; momentum.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1268 Wyth þe swayf of þe sworde þat swolȝed hem alle.a1400–50Wars Alex. 806 (Ashmole MS.) Alexander..swyngis out his swerde & his swayfe [Dubl. MS. swaffe] feches.14..Chaucer's Troylus ii. 1383 (Harl. MS. 3943) Þe grete sweyf [v.rr. sweyght, sweigh, swey, swough] doþ it þan fal at ones.
2. A kind of sling or ballista; = sweep n. 25.
1688Holme Armoury iii. xviii. (Roxb.) 127/2 He beareth Argent a Swafe, or swing stone, sable... These kinds may fitly be termed swafe slings.Ibid. 128/2 Some terme this a Slinge tree, but the best name is, a double swafe, or back swafe, to distinguish it from the swafe, or single swafe.
3. A pump-handle; = swape 3, sweep n. 24.
1688Holme Armoury iii. 297/1 The Bucket of the Pump, is the like Sucker fastned to an Iron rod, which is moved up and down by the help of the Sweep, or Swafe [1726 Dict. Rust. s.v. Pump Swave], or Handle.

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