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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: swine plague - swing tail</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="swineplague"> swine plague,<DL COMPACT><DD> an infectious disease of swine, caused by a specific bacterium, and marked by internal hemorrhage, fever, and often pneumonia and pleurisy. </DL> <A NAME="swinepox"> swine pox,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an infectious disease of hogs, caused by a virus and characterized by itching skin lesions, especially on the underparts. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) chicken pox. </DL> <A NAME="swing"> swing (1), verb, swung or (Dialect) swang, swung, swinging, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to move (something) back and forth, especially with a regular motion. Ex. He swings his arms as he walks. <DD> 2. to hang or suspend so as to turn freely. Ex. We swung the hammock between two trees. <DD> 3. to cause to turn in alternate directions or in either direction, on or as if on an axle or pivot. Ex. to swing a door open. <DD> 4. to cause to move in a curve. Ex. to swing a lasso. He swings the club twice around his head. She swung the automobile around a corner. <DD> 5. (Informal, Figurative.) to manage or influence successfully. Ex. to swing a business deal. Princeton's financial-aid officer tells how to swing the high cost of higher education (Saturday Evening Post). <DD>v.i. 1. to move freely or regularly back and forth, as an object suspended from above; oscillate, as a pendulum does. Ex. The hammock swings. <DD> 2. to move back and forth through the air on a suspended rope or ropes as a sport. <DD> 3. to hang. Ex. They all lovingly swung together at Execution-Dock (Daniel Defoe). <DD> 4. to turn in alternate directions, or in either direction, on or as if on an axle or pivot; wheel. Ex. A gate swings on its hinges. He swung around to see who was speaking. The ship, swinging to her anchor with the flood tide (Herman Melville). <DD> 5. to move in a curve; sweep. <DD> 6. to move with a free, swaying motion. Ex. The camels, swinging at a steady trot (J. A. Stewart). <DD> 7. to hit with a swinging motion. Ex. I swung at the ball. <DD> 8. (Slang.) to be up to date, lively, and exciting. Ex. "This magazine has got to swing, like other magazines swing," Ackerman had once said, and he had not meant simply that it should be fashionable but that it should be aware of the way society moved (Harper's). <DD> 9. (Slang.) to exchange partners for sexual purposes. <DD>noun 1. the act or manner of swinging. Ex. He brought the hammer down with a mighty swing. <DD> 2. the amount of swinging. <DD> 3. something that swings or is swung, especially a seat hung from ropes, chains, or rods, on which one may sit and swing. <DD> 4. a swinging movement or gait. Ex. An easy swing in my walk (Washington Irving). <DD> 5a. the act of swinging or flourishing, as a weapon. <DD> b. a curving movement, such as that made in flourishing a weapon. <DD> 6. a steady, marked swinging rhythm. Ex. The song "Dixie" has a swing. His poetry lacked the swing of ... Kipling (Sinclair Lewis). <DD> 7. (Figurative.) freedom of action; free scope. Ex. The giving free swing to one's temper and instincts (Matthew Arnold). <DD> 8. (Figurative.) movement; activity, especially vigorous activity. Ex. to get into the swing of working after a vacation. <DD> 9. a trip around a country or region; tour. Ex. a swing through the United States. <DD> 10. (Archaic.) forcible motion of something; impetus. <DD>adj. 1. capable of turning to and fro; swinging. Ex. a swing lamp, a swing gate. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) that can influence the outcome of an election or other issue. Ex. swing voters, a swing district. expr. in full swing, going on actively and completely; without restraint. Ex. By five o'clock the party was in full swing. The Victorian Age was in full swing (Lytton Strachey). expr. swing around the circle, (U.S.) a political swing or tour. Ex. Will the appropriated money be available for campaigning swings around the circle? (Springfield Republican). </DL> <A NAME="swing"> swing (2), noun, verb, swung, swinging, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun Also, swing music. jazz, especially jazz for dancing, of the type popular between about 1935 and 1944, in which the players improvise freely on the original melody. Ex. The sextet's style is swing, and it swings in the most dexterous manner imaginable (New Yorker). <DD>v.t. to play (music) as swing. <DD>v.i. 1. to play or sing with a lively, swinging rhythm. Ex. There is little that is new or startlingly original in the arrangements themselves, but how they swing! (Saturday Review). <DD> 2. (Slang.) to be satisfying, pleasing, exciting, or lively. Ex. "The first old-fashioned specialty store around here ... had gotten slightly old ladyish. Now it swings" (New York Times). <DD>adj. of or having to do with swing or its style. Ex. Tatum ... created "swing" piano and anticipated nearly all the rhythmic and harmonic idioms of the modern period (John Mehegan). </DL> <A NAME="swingback"> swingback, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a reversion, as of opinion; turning back to formerly held beliefs or ideas. <DD> 2. a backward swing, as of the body or a weapon. </DL> <A NAME="swingbridge"> swing bridge,<DL COMPACT><DD> a bridge that pivots on its center to open and let ships pass. </DL> <A NAME="swingby"> swingby, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the passing of a spacecraft through the gravitational field of a planet in order to achieve the orbit necessary to change course, usually for a more distant planet. Ex. Venus swing-bys to Mercury can be accomplished (Science Journal). It [a mission] is planned as a swing-by past Jupiter or Saturn and is of relatively long duration (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="swingdoor"> swing door, =swinging door.</DL> <A NAME="swinge"> swinge (1), transitive verb, swinged, swingeing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Archaic.) to beat; flog; whip. Ex. Saint George, that swinged the Dragon (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to chastise or castigate. </DL> <A NAME="swinge"> swinge (2), transitive verb, swinged, swingeing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) to singe or scorch. </DL> <A NAME="swingeing"> swingeing, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) very forcible, strong, or large of its kind. Ex. He and his editor are swiftly haled before the bench and swingeing penalties ... are demanded (Punch). adv. swingeingly. </DL> <A NAME="swinger"> swinger (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that swings. Ex. a lasso swinger, a good swinger. <DD> 2. (Slang.) a person who is up-to-date and lively, especially in an unrestrained way. Ex. The go-go spirit of today's glamorized young swingers is hardly conducive to interest in exact and abstract reasoning (New York Times). <DD> 3. (Slang.) a person who exchanges partners for sexual purposes. </DL> <A NAME="swinger"> swinger (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Informal.) anything very forcible, great, or large, such as a blow, or a lie; whopper. <DD> 2. a person or thing that swinges. </DL> <A NAME="swinging"> swinging, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. moving freely in either direction upon a fixed center or axis, as a stool or a door. <DD> 2. moving or proceeding with a swing, as a pace or gait, or a rhythm in verse or music. <DD> 3. (Slang.) up-to-date and lively, especially in an unrestrained way. Ex. [She] and a troop of other notable models played host at a champagne luncheon at noon and a swinging party at night (London Times). adv. swingingly. noun swingingness. </DL> <A NAME="swingingdoor"> swinging door,<DL COMPACT><DD> a door that swings shut by itself and opens from either direction. Ex. the swinging door into the butler's pantry gave its old swish and slap (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="swingle"> swingle, noun, verb, -gled, -gling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, used for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions. <DD> 2. the striking part of a flail; swiple. <DD>v.t. to clean, beat, and scrape (flax or hemp). </DL> <A NAME="swinglebar"> swinglebar, noun. =whiffletree.</DL> <A NAME="swingletree"> swingletree, noun. =whiffletree.</DL> <A NAME="swingman"> swingman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (U.S.) one of the outriders who keeps a moving herd of cattle in order. <DD> 2. a musician who plays swing. Ex. Swingman Benny Goodman [was] named ... for his contributions to world culture and American music (Time). <DD> 3. (Slang, Figurative.) a person who casts the decisive vote. Ex. The swingman, Justice Harlan, voted to reverse Estes' conviction (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="swingmusic"> swing music, =swing (2).</DL> <A NAME="swingover"> swing-over, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a change to an opposite side, position, or opinion. Ex. An odd phenomenon in American postwar life is the swing-over of young women from ambitious career girls to full-time housewives (London Times). <DD> 2. an acrobatic movement of hanging from one arm and swinging the body in a complete vertical circle. Ex. [She] is shown doing the rhythmic swing-overs that entitle her to center ring position as a star (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="swingshift"> swing shift,<DL COMPACT><DD> the hours between the day and night shifts, usually from 4 p.m. to midnight, designated as a working day in factories and other operations that are on a 24-hour basis. Ex. In addition to his swing shift job at Douglas, [he] works days as an airplane mechanic (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="swingshifter"> swing shifter,<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who works on the swing shift. </DL> <A NAME="swingtail"> swing tail,<DL COMPACT><DD> an airplane tail that swings open on hinges to facilitate loading and unloading, especially of large and heavy pieces of freight. adj. swing-tail. </DL> <A HREF="swingtre.dic">NEXT</A>