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单词 swafe
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swafen.

Forms: Also Middle English swayf(e, sweyf, swaffe, 1700s swave.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse sveif-.
Etymology: < Old Norse sveif- in *sveifa swayve v., sveif tiller (compare Old High German sweib swinging), related to svíf- in svífa = Old English swífan to swive v.; the general notion being that of sweeping or swinging.
Obsolete.
1. A swinging stroke or blow; momentum.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > impulse
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swafea1400
impulse1650
brangle1652
drive1685
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking a swinging blow > a swinging stroke or blow
swafea1400
sway1535
wipe?1545
swipe1788
swiper1853
a1400–50 Wars Alex. (Ashm.) 806 Alexander..swyngis out his swerde & his swayfe [Dubl. MS. swaffe] feches.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1268 Wyth þe swayf of þe sworde þat swolȝed hem alle.
14.. Chaucer's Troilus ii. 1383 (Harl. 3943) Þe grete sweyf [v.rr. sweyght, sweigh, swey, swough] doþ it þan fal at ones.
2. A kind of sling or ballista; = sweep n. 25.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista
ballistaeOE
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mangonelc1325
springalc1330
ballistc1384
scorpionc1384
tormentc1384
trebuchet1388
fowler1420
dondainec1430
onagera1460
perrier1481
trabuch?1482
bricole1489
coillard1489
mouton1489
sambuca1489
martinet1523
racket1535
sling1535
brake1552
catapult1577
sweep1598
sling-dart1600
petrary1610
espringal1614
scorpion-bowa1629
swafe1688
sackbut1756
mangona1773
matafunda1773
lombard1838
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 127/2 He beareth Argent a Swafe, or swing stone, sable... These kinds may fitly be termed swafe slings.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 128/2 Some terme this a Slinge tree, but the best name is, a double swafe, or back swafe, to distinguish it from the swafe, or single swafe.
3. A pump-handle; = swape n. 3, sweep n. 24.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > pump-handle
brake1626
swafe1688
pump-handle1825
sweep1896
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 297/1 The Bucket of the Pump, is the like Sucker fastned to an Iron rod, which is moved up and down by the help of the Sweep, or Swafe [1726 Dict. Rusticum s.v. Pump Swave], or Handle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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