Swink /(?)/

Swink

v. i.

imp. Swank; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking

  1. To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]
    Or swink with his hands and labor.
    For which men swink and sweat incessantly.
    The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.”
    — Sir Samuel Freguson.

Swink

v. t.
  1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.]
    And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.
  2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.]
    To devour all that others swink.

Swink

n.
  1. Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.]