Definition of Sweirt

1. slothful [adj] - See also: slothful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweirt

sweetweed
sweetwood
sweetwood bark
sweetwoods
sweetwort
sweetworts
sweety
sweigh
sweight
sweinmote
sweinmotes
sweir
sweirer
sweirest
sweirt (current term)
swelchie
swelchies
swell
swell box
swell organ
swell up
swellable
swelldom
swelldoms
swelled
swelled head
swellegant
sweller
swellers

Literary usage of Sweirt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"Our anld forbears, when ower their yill, And ran tic bickers round did ca', Forsooth, they cried, anither gill ! For sweirt we are to gang awa. ..."

2. In Praise of Ale: Or, Songs, Ballads, Epigrams, & Anecdotes Relating to Beer by W. T. Marchant (1888)
"Our auld forbears, when ower their yill, And cantie bickers round did ca', Forsooth ! they cried, anither gill! For sweirt we are to gang awa. ..."

3. Scottish Song: Its Wealth, Wisdom, and Social Significance by John Stuart Blackie (1889)
"She never threaten'd scab nor rot, But keepit aye her ain jog-trot; Baith to the fauld and to the cot, Was never sweirt to lead nor ca'. ..."

4. Scottish Songs, Ballads and Poems by Hew Ainslie (1855)
"... An' flower an' flood. Our feeding like our fun has been, Baith great an' good. An' fare-ye-weel again, like twa, Are sweirt to part but maun awa'? ..."

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