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.

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 W^t 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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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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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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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.

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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.

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单词	swivel
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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 W^t 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1913 Daily News 2 July 2 Her propellers do not work on a swivel principle. C3. swivel-bridge n. a swing-bridge. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1307v.¹1794v.²1898
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