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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Swink, CO (town, FIPS 75970)
    Location: 38.01385 N, 103.62731 W
    Population (1990): 584 (258 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See
     Swing.]
     To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Or swink with his hands and labor.       --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The swinking crowd at every stroke pant ``Ho.'' --Sir
                                                    Samuel
                                                    Freguson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Swink \Swink\, v. t.
     1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
        [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To devour all that others swink.      --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Swink \Swink\, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.]
     Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See
     Swing.]
     To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]
  
           Or swink with his hands and labor.       --Chaucer.
  
           For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser.
  
           The swinking crowd at every stroke pant ``Ho.'' --Sir
                                                    Samuel
                                                    Freguson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Swink \Swink\, v. t.
     1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
        [Obs.]
  
              And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. --Milton.
  
     2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
  
              To devour all that others swink.      --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Swink \Swink\, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.]
     Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  swink
     n.
     (lb en archaic) toil, work, drudgery
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic intransitive) to labour, to work hard
     2 (lb en archaic transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or
  exhaust with labor.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Swink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  swink
     n.
     (lb en archaic) toil, work, drudgery
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic intransitive) to labour, to work hard
     2 (lb en archaic transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or
  exhaust with labor.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Swink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  swink
     n.
     (lb en archaic) toil, work, drudgery
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic intransitive) to labour, to work hard
     2 (lb en archaic transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or
  exhaust with labor.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Swink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  swink
     n.
     (lb en archaic) toil, work, drudgery
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic intransitive) to labour, to work hard
     2 (lb en archaic transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or
  exhaust with labor.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Swink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈswɪŋk/

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Swink, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
     Population (2000):    696
     Housing Units (2000): 291
     Land area (2000):     0.269292 sq. miles (0.697463 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.269292 sq. miles (0.697463 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            75970
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             38.014739 N, 103.627802 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Swink, CO
      Swink
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Swink, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    83
     Housing Units (2000): 47
     Land area (2000):     0.161756 sq. miles (0.418946 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.161756 sq. miles (0.418946 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            71950
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             34.018441 N, 95.202851 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Swink, OK
      Swink
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 辛劳,辛苦;
  v. 流著汗做工作,辛苦一番;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 辛劳,辛苦,苦工
     vi. 流着汗做工作,辛苦一番

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