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Definition of Swithered
1. swither [v] - See also: swither
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swithered
Literary usage of Swithered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1883)
"This young Irish lass (she was Irish, ye see), To gie her due credit she swithered
a wee; It's a trick of the trade just to tickle the men, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"... mean the kirk — no your kirk nor mine, but the kirk о a' the honest and sensible
folk, gif ye had swithered aboot that bird¡ I hae h»da crack wi' the ..."
3. The Bookman (1899)
"An hour ago, when we were the sport of ferocious nature in the heart of a country
infernal, no more than one of us would have swithered to strike a blow at ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"Being a volunteer, and so ane of his majesty's confidential servants, I swithered
tremendously between my duty as a man and a soldier ; but, ..."
5. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1824)
"... in a civil and free manner —athat I must needs allow — his horse, to take me
o'er to Doncaster, I swithered, and was in a sore hesitation of ..."
6. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1824)
"... I swithered, and was in a sore hesitation of mind concerning the same, for I
need not tell you, that there's no part of the ..."
7. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1883)
"This young Irish lass (she was Irish, ye see), To gie her due credit she swithered
a wee; It's a trick of the trade just to tickle the men, ..."
8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"... mean the kirk — no your kirk nor mine, but the kirk о a' the honest and sensible
folk, gif ye had swithered aboot that bird¡ I hae h»da crack wi' the ..."
9. The Bookman (1899)
"An hour ago, when we were the sport of ferocious nature in the heart of a country
infernal, no more than one of us would have swithered to strike a blow at ..."
10. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"Being a volunteer, and so ane of his majesty's confidential servants, I swithered
tremendously between my duty as a man and a soldier ; but, ..."
11. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1824)
"... in a civil and free manner —athat I must needs allow — his horse, to take me
o'er to Doncaster, I swithered, and was in a sore hesitation of ..."
12. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1824)
"... I swithered, and was in a sore hesitation of mind concerning the same, for I
need not tell you, that there's no part of the ..."
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