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Definition of Swithering
1. swither [v] - See also: swither
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swithering
Literary usage of Swithering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Medica by Douglas Chalmers Watson (1900)
"In swithering insanity the patient hesitates as to which stocking to put on first,
which garter, what boots to wear, which hat, whether to put the left or ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"It's such a swithering day. The plants are quite withered up. SWIVEL, 5.—The part
of a flail that swings and falls on the corn. It's a snivel of a flail as ..."
3. The Bookman (1899)
"... and I'll find no swithering captains among the cavaliers in France." Back sat
my lord in bed, and laughed with a surrender shrill and distraught, ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Medica by Douglas Chalmers Watson (1900)
"In swithering insanity the patient hesitates as to which stocking to put on first,
which garter, what boots to wear, which hat, whether to put the left or ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"It's such a swithering day. The plants are quite withered up. SWIVEL, 5.—The part
of a flail that swings and falls on the corn. It's a snivel of a flail as ..."
6. The Bookman (1899)
"... and I'll find no swithering captains among the cavaliers in France." Back sat
my lord in bed, and laughed with a surrender shrill and distraught, ..."
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