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Swike vs Swire - What's the difference?

swike | swire |

As nouns the difference between swike and swire

is that swike is (dialectal|chiefly|scotland) deceit; treachery while swire is (obsolete) the neck.

As a verb swike

is (transitive|dialectal|or|obsolete) to deceive, cheat; betray.

As an adjective swike

is (dialectal|or|obsolete) deceitful; treacherous.

swike

English

Verb

  • (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray
  • (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To stop, blin, cease

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Deceit; treachery
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor
  • * 1848 , Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings :
    • The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike , or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave

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    swire

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The neck.
  • A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.

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