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| | {{en-verb|swive|swives|swiving|swived}} | | {{en-verb|swive|swives|swiving|swived}} |
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| | + | # {{obsolete}} {{dialect}} To reap, to cut for harvest. |
| | + | #:''We started '''swiving''', that is reaping, at the beginning of August-month, and we left the stooks [stalks] standing in the fields…'' – Mary Webb, ''Precious Bane'' |
| | # {{obsolete}} To [[copulate]] with (a [[woman]]). | | # {{obsolete}} To [[copulate]] with (a [[woman]]). |
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