v. i. [ imp. Swank Swonk p. p. Swonken p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking. ] [ AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing. ] To labor; to toil; to salve. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.” Sir Samuel Freguson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To acquire by labor. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

To devour all that others swink. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ As. swinc, geswinc. ] Labor; toil; drudgery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A laborer. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]