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1. swīnish adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a swine; swinish flesh, pork; (b) exhibiting the characteristics or behavior of a swine; of men: gluttonous, sensual, degraded in nature; of behavior: beastly, swinish. …

2. swīne-hẹ̄̆rd(e n.

Additional spellings: swineherd, swine-herde, swineherde
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(a) One who tends swine, a swineherd; (b) as surname. …

3. swīn(e n.

168 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A domestic pig, a swine; also, ?a piece of pigskin [quot. 1442-3]; (b) a wild pig, wild boar; ?also, a wild sow [quot. ?c1421]; swin savage, tusked swin, wilde swin (savage; (c) a gelded boar……

4. swīnelī adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Swinish, pig-like. …

5. kē̆l-swīn n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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The keelson of a ship; also, a mast step. …

6. souswīn n.

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The name of a customary rent paid to the lord of Rotherfield manor, Sussex. …

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