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单词 swivel
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swiveln.

/ˈswɪv(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English swyuel, swewyl, suawel(le, Middle English–1500s swevill(e, -yll, -ell, (Middle English swefel, sewevelle), Middle English–1600s swivell, 1500s swyuell, swyvle, ( swyffvyll), 1600s swyvile, 1600s–1700s swivle, swible, 1700s swyvil, swivil, (1800s Scottish sweevil), 1600s– swivel. β. 1500s Scottish swele, 1600s sweell. γ. 1500s Scottish sowl, swoll, swoul, 1800s soul, sooal, etc.
Etymology: < weak grade swif- of Old English swífan (see swive v.) + -el (see -le suffix).With the form swible compare sweaple , variant of swipple n. 3.
1.
a. A simple fastening or coupling device made so that the object fastened to it can turn freely upon it, or so that each half of the swivel itself can turn independently; e.g. a ring or staple turning on a pin or the like.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [noun]
brimstonea1300
swivel1307
brinfira1325
sulphura1393
kibrit1706
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg > on which anything turns
swivel1307
pivot1398
gudgeon1496
turning-pin1591
tampion1611
trunniona1625
pole1633
swipple1691
spill1731
millier1778
turn-pin1862
hinge-pin1881
1307–8 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/14/14) In quodam haunser empto..pro dicta masta tractanda, iiij.s. viij.d…in vno swyuel de ferro empto..pro dicta Masta, .x.d.
1330 Chancellor's Roll 123 m 20 dorso In..uno swyvel de ferro..pro dicta bargia.
1353 in Pipe Roll 32 Edw. III m. 36 Pro factura de .iij. Swyuels pro towagio ij. mast[orum] de hortepole et .j. masti de scharburghe.
1353 in Pipe Roll 32 Edw. III, m. 36/1 dorso De .j. ancre cum vno suawel sine anulo in capite.
1411 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 86 iij. swefels, ijd.
1424–5 Foreign Accounts 59 m. 26 De j ferro vocato swevill de novo facto ad towandum quoddam malum grossum.
1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 66 For a key & a swevyll to þe chirche dore vij d.
1482–4 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/496/28) Cymenting barres Swevilles Steybarres pro fenestris.
1502–3 in C. Kerry Hist. St. Lawrence, Reading (1883) 53 A bolte and a swevyll to the trendyll.
1525 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for ij swevyllys for calues ij d.
1535 MS Rawl. D. 777 lf. 84 b A new swyffvyll ffor the buket of the said well.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 173 Take a small corde of the bignesse of a bowstring, or little more, put it through a ring, and binde it about the stone, in such sorte that the ring or swyvle may go rounde about the stone, without any stoppe or lette.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes The swiuell of a chaine.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Swible of yron which turneth round about.
1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 4 Two haires twisted for the bottome..with a Swivel nigh the middle of your Line.
1672 T. Venn Mil. & Maritine Discipline 8 He is to have a good Harquebuz, hanging on a Belt, with a swivel.
1682 London Gaz. No. 1710/4 A Ger Faulkon of the King's,..having one of the King's Varvels upon one Leg, and a Brass Swivel upon the other.
1695 London Gaz. No. 3070/4 Lost.., a Steel Chain and Swivles of the same, belonging to a Watch, having the Key and two Seals upon the Swivles.
1714 London Gaz. No. 5218/3 A Gold Chain.., with 4 Steel Swibles.
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §126 Two 40 fathom chains were to be joined together by one of the loops of the large swivel,..one of the anchors..being laid to the westward..from the swivel.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Swivels,..commonly called Loop and Swivel, and Guard and Swivel,—Two iron rings attached to a musquet, through which the sling passes.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. iii. 44 He carried a horn lantern which hung upon a swivel, and, wheeling as it dangled, [etc.].
β. 1502Swele [see Compounds 1]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 134/2 A carbine..is hung by the mans side in a belt ouer his left shoulder, and vnder his right Arme: with a sweell or sweeth vpon it, which by the help of a spring in it, taks hold of a ring, on a side bar..screwd on the stock.γ. c1536 D. Lindsay Compl. Bagsche 202 Thocht ȝe be cuplit all to gidder With silk, and swoulis of syluer fyne.1568 Lichtoun in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 270 Thair tedderis wer maid weill grit to graip Wt silkin schakillis and sowlis [a1586 Maitland Folio swollis] of quhyte saip.1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Sooals, a swivel joint in a chain, commonly termed a pair of sooals.figurative.1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iv. iii T'other [eye] turned on a swivel, and secured its retreat with a frown!1836 I. Taylor Physical Theory of Another Life xvi. 208 That the sun is the mere lamp and hearth of the planetary system or only the swivel of its revolutions.
b. spec. A pivoted rest for a gun, esp. on the gunwale of a boat, enabling it to turn horizontally in any required direction.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > swivel
swivel1697
pivot bolt1848
pivot frame1857
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 30 She had 4 Patereroes, and some long Guns placed in a Swivel on the Gunnel.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 288 She had..twenty-eight Brass Patareroes..mounted on Swivels on the Gun-walls.
1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea i. 4 They were both provided with harpoon guns fixed on swivels in the bows.
2. Short for swivel-gun n. at Compounds 3.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > swivel-gun
swivel-gun1712
swivel1748
wall-piece1755
jingal1761
zamburak1825
pivot gun1831
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 169 Four four pounders, and two swivels.
1761 Ann. Reg., Chron. 97/2 The Vainqueur of 10 guns, 16 swivels, and 90 men.
1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iii. 109 On his landing I saluted him with four swivels.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xxxv. 573 At daybreak it was boarded by the provincials, who carried off four four-pounders and twelve swivels.
3. A kind of small shuttle used in ribbon-weaving, etc. (Cf. swivel-loom n. at Compounds 3.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > ribbon weaving > loom for > part of
riding cord1755
tire1759
return1760
swivel1894
swivel-shuttle1894
1894 T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving xii. 313 If the two systems are compared as to beauty of effect, variety of detail, and general excellence of workmanship, swivels are vastly superior to lappets.
1894 T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving xii. 314 Swivels have been made in power-looms for upwards of twenty years, but they are still, to a large extent, produced on hand-looms.

Compounds

C1. In names of various parts of machinery, etc. = forming or connected with a swivel, so as to turn on some other part or allow it to turn, as swivel-bar, swivel-bearing, swivel-bed, swivel-belt, swivel-coupling, swivel-hanger, swivel-head, swivel-joint, swivel-knife, swivel-link, swivel piece, swivel-pipe, swivel-plate, swivel-ring, swivel rocker, swivel-rowlock, swivel-seat, swivel-table, etc.; also swivel-like adj. and adv.
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1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 46 For ane elne gray damas to be ane swele belt for hir credill, xxijs.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Windmill That the Handle or Rod of the Bucket, be so made, that it may, swivel-like, turn any way.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Moorings To this swivel-link are attached the bridles, which are short pieces of cable.
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 105 The invention of the swivel-chain.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 56 The gives..should not be immovably fixed to the arms, but hung by a swivel joint.
1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 263/1 One of these guns will be placed forward, and the other aft,..on sliding swivel beds.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 534 A carriage of a nearly triangular form is very generally adopted, the apex being in front over the swivel-bar.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1103 The end..is furnished with ferule and swivel-ring.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 255 The Single Swivel-Trace consists of about 12 inches of gut or gimp, with a hook-swivel at one end.
1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.P 4 A swivel bearing fixed in the arms of the quadrants.
1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.P 11 Connected to the mains by elastic pipes or swivel couplings.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Swivel-joint, a section in a chain or a joint on a rod, which allows the parts to twist without kinking or distortion.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 31/2 The Americans have also the credit of two other inventions, viz., the steering apparatus..and the swivel rowlock.
1907 Practitioner Oct. 528 By means of..Ballenger's ‘swivel-knife’,..the cartilage..is completely excised.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 12/2 The eyes of the chameleon..appear to be mounted on ball-sockets, that act in a swivel-like manner.
1911 J. Ward Rom. Era Brit. xi. 202 The swivel-piece was large and ornamented with a large ring on the summit.
1916 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 475/1 He walked unsteadily across the room and sat down on a swivel-seat.
1975 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 31 Mar. 24 d (advt.) Swivel Rocker in handsome, saddle-brown Masland Duran vinyl.
C2.
swivel-principle n.
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1913 Daily News 2 July 2 Her propellers do not work on a swivel principle.
C3.
swivel-bridge n. a swing-bridge.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > swing-bridge
swinging-bridge1708
swivel-bridge1754
turn-bridge1767
swing-bridge1791
pivot bridge1795
turning bridge1840
1754 R. Pococke Trav. (Camden) II. 66 The Wye [= Wey], over which there is a long swivil bridge which turns with one hand.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 84 A little canal near the India Docks, where there was a swivel bridge which opened now and then to let some wandering monster of a ship come roaming up the street like a stranded leviathan.
1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 124 The Swivel Bridge across the New Cut at Swansea Harbour.
swivel-chair n. a chair the seat of which turns horizontally on a pivot.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham i. 14 Lapham..lifted his bulk up out of his swivel-chair.
swivel-engine n. Obsolete = swivel-loom n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > ribbon weaving > loom for
swivel-engine1795
swivel-loom1795
1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 163 Ingenious mechanics [were] invited over to construct swivel engines.
swivel-gun n. a gun or cannon, usually a small one, mounted on a swivel (sense 1b) so as to turn horizontally in any required direction.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > swivel-gun
swivel-gun1712
swivel1748
wall-piece1755
jingal1761
zamburak1825
pivot gun1831
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 125 I went away in our Pinnace, with..a Swivel-Gun in the Boat.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 179 The Commodore ordered..a swivel gun-stock to be fixed in the bow.
1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. x. 102 I mounted six swivel guns upon the fort, which I was sorry to see struck the natives with dread.
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 283 The longest duck or swivel guns.
swivel hips n. Trampolining an exercise consisting of a seat drop followed by a half-twist into another seat drop (constr. singular); also transferred.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions
vaulting1531
cross-step1728
still-vaulting1854
roll1858
trampolining1867
planche1878
handstand1890
rollover1891
trapezing1894
press1901
straddle1905
kip1909
upstart1909
headstand1915
round-off1917
neck-roll1920
undergrip1920
pike1928
swivel hips1943
thigh lift1949
overswing1955
shoulder stand1956
stand1956
floor exercise1957
squat1959
turnaround1959
salto1972
Tsukahara1972
1943 L. Griswold Trampoline Tumbling 49 As the legs are swung through the vertical position, the twist is made to right or left and the hips are flexed to assume the sitting position for landing. The movement performed by the hips is called ‘swivel hips’.
1948 L. Griswold Trampoline Tumbling (ed. 2) vi. 46 This exercise—popularly called ‘swivel hips’—consists of a seat-drop take-off, a half twist, and a seat-drop landing.
1964 Trampolining (‘Know the Game’ Series) 22/1 The first one [sc. bounce] to practise is the seat bounce with half twist known as the swivel hips.
1966 K. Rote & J. Winter Lang. Pro Football iii. 141/1 Swivel hips, elusive ball carrier who fakes potential tacklers by shifting hips from side to side.
1980 Sci. Amer. Mar. 118/2 An astronaut in space could easily reorient himself in any direction with swivel hips and tuck drops.
swivel-hook n. a hook fastened to something, e.g. a pulley-block, by means of a swivel.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > hook
stone-hook1396
shackle1552
swivel-hook1788
sling-dog1863
sky-hook1927
1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 379 Hook the instrument by its swivel hook.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 425 The draught swivel-hook is attached to the shackle.
swivel-hooked adj.
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1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 136 Fall Blocks, for Top-Tackle Pendants, Are iron-bound, swivel-hooked blocks.
swivel-loom n. ? a loom having swivels (sense 3) on the batten, used in ribbon-weaving.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > ribbon weaving > loom for
swivel-engine1795
swivel-loom1795
1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 175 Some attempts have been made to work a number of looms together by machinery. The first was upon the introduction of swivel-looms, about thirty years since.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Swivel-loom, a kind of loom (formerly) used for the weaving of tapes and narrow goods.
swivel-plough n. a turn-wrest plough.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > one-way or turnwrest plough
turnwrest plough1652
turnwrest1775
swivel-plough1875
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Swivel-plow... Known in England as a turn-wrest plow; in the United States as a Side-hill Plow.
swivel-shuttle n. = sense 3.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > ribbon weaving > loom for > part of
riding cord1755
tire1759
return1760
swivel1894
swivel-shuttle1894
1894 T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving xii. 314 In power-looms, swivel shuttles are fitted in a movable carrying frame attached to the front of a slay.
swivel-weaving n. weaving with a swivel-shuttle.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other methods of weaving
cross-weaving1843
Swedish work1882
satin weave1884
plain-weave1888
swivel-weaving1894
swivel-weft1894
mat1904
tabby weave1906
tablet weaving1921
basket weave1925
ikat1931
folk weave1938
pebble weave1941
1894 T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving xii. 314 Swivel-weaving consists in adding ribbon shuttles to an ordinary loom in such a manner that they can be held out of the way, dropped upon the race board, and moved under lifted warp at pleasure.
swivel-weft n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other methods of weaving
cross-weaving1843
Swedish work1882
satin weave1884
plain-weave1888
swivel-weaving1894
swivel-weft1894
mat1904
tabby weave1906
tablet weaving1921
basket weave1925
ikat1931
folk weave1938
pebble weave1941
1894 T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving vi. 162 This machine makes imperfect cloth, because ground weft floats under the figure in precisely the same manner as swivel weft.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

swivelv.1

Etymology: < swivel n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswivel.
1. transitive. To turn (something) on or as on a swivel.
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the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn (as) on a pivot or swivel
swing1768
slew1769
swivel1794
slewc1825
1794 Sporting Mag. 3 162/2 Our hobs can swivel noses at single stick who fight.
1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry ii. 41 The..men..swivel their carbines.
1876 C. D. Warner Winter on Nile xxv. 311 He simply swivels his eye around and brings it to bear on the object.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 343/1 It swivels or adjusts itself so as to prevent irregular cutting.
1914 J. G. Horner Gear Cutting 89 The tooth flank is swivelled about the apex of the cone of the gear.
2. intransitive. To turn or rotate as, or as on, a swivel.
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the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn (as) on a pivot or swing round
turnOE
revirec1485
virec1485
circumlate1578
swing1769
slew1823
swivel1846
pivot1883
jib1891
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 854 If the jaws are closed upon a taper object,..the two parts of the vice swivel horizontally on a joint.
1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.L 4 Each of the lower speed cones, f, is so mounted as to be capable of swivelling about the shaft, e.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 754/2 A street car mounted on its running gear so as to swivel thereon and turn end for end, dispensing with a turn-table.
3. transitive. To furnish with a swivel; to fasten to something by means of a swivel.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with swivel
swivel1870
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with swivel > furnish with
swivel1870
1870 Eng. Mech. 14 Jan. 429/3 Arms swivelled to a revolving disc.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 2/2 The electric current not only rings the alarm bell but also swivels up the harness of the horses that draw the fire-engine.
1901 Daily News 9 Jan. 3/3 The weapons are also fitted with a short sling attached to the ring swivelled on to the fore band of the piece.

Derivatives

swivelled adj. /ˈswɪv(ə)ld/ furnished with a swivel.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > furnished with other fastenings
hooked1362
clasped1675
wired1738
screw bolted?c1780
stapled1845
swivelled1884
Velcroed1972
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 138 The upper slide is swivelled.
ˈswivelling adj. and n.
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the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > swivelling or pivoting
whiffle1842
swivelling1869
slewing1875
the world > space > direction > [adjective] > turning or able to face any direction > swivelling
swinging1730
swing-jointed1844
swivelling1869
pivotable1894
1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.O 4 A suitable swivelling joint being provided to enable the crane to make complete revolutions.
1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Oct. 594 Joined together by a swivelling-pin over the driving-wheel.
1894 T. W. Fox Mechanism Weaving xii. 316 A rack is usually governed by the Jacquard through a cam, a series of links, and an upright shaft, and means are provided for putting the rack out of action whenever it becomes necessary to stop swivelling.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 164/1 Modern car bodies are mounted either on a single four-wheeled truck, with a fixed or rigid wheel-base, or on two four-wheeled bogies or swivelling trucks.
1914 J. G. Horner Gear Cutting 168 The swivelling movement of the cutter head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

swivelv.2

/ˈswɪv(ə)l/
Etymology: Alt. < shrivel v.; for an equivalent change of initial shr- to sw-, compare U.S. dialect swimp shrimp.
U.S. dialect.
intransitive. To shrivel. Also const. up.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
wizenc890
clinga1000
shrinkc1000
rivelOE
snurpc1300
wrinkle1528
warp1579
shrivel1588
pucker1598
shirpc1639
tuck1797
weazen1821
cringle1823
swivel1898
1898 ‘R. Sanders’ Sketches Country Life xxv. 155 Sometimes I think to myself if Christmas didn't come reglar onest a year..this old world would soon swivel and swink up and die out with the dry rots.
1957 W. Faulkner Town (1958) vii. 103 Old hermits setting on rocks out in the hot sun..watching their blood dry up and their legs swivelling.

Derivatives

ˈswivelled adj.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness
fade1303
welkeda1325
walloweda1400
forfaded1413
overworn1565
faded1574
tarnished1716
tired1766
weltered1855
swivelled1898
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles
clungc1325
clinkery1398
hirpleda1400
clunged1495
wrinkled?1523
shrivelled1565
rivelled1601
puckered1606
rivelled1627
shrimped1638
truss1674
pursed1676
wizened1728
weazen1765
wizen1786
nirled1808
beshrivelled1821
weazened1842
weazeny1864
concertinaed1880
swivelled1898
scrunty1947
1898 ‘R. Sanders’ Sketches Country Life viii. 53 I..filled my pockets full of scalybarks and peanuts and some swivelled up apples of my own raisin.
1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xvii. 204 The one we cain't spare was the one was takened... And him a swivveled, no-account thing, too.
1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 258 It'll be a little bitty old swivelled up thing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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