Also 9 swype. [? local variant of SWEEP sb. and therefore partly identical with prec.]
† 1. An instrument used in cutting peas: see quot. dial. Obs.
1750. W. Ellis, Mod. Husb., IV. v. 41. [They cut pease] with their two instruments, called, in the hither part of this country, next London, swipe and pix: with the pix, or picks, a man hawls a parcel to him with his left hand, and cuts them with the swipe in the other hand.
2. A heavy blow; spec. a driving stroke made with the full swing of the arms, in cricket or golf; transf. one who makes such a stroke. colloq.
a. 1807. J. Skinner, Amusem. Leis. Hours (1809), 42. Francie Winsy steppit in,… Ran forrat wi’ a furious din, And drew a swinging swype.
1825. C. M. Westmacott, Engl. Spy, I. 32. With the cricketers he was accounted a hard swipe, an active field, and a stout bowler.
1862. Pycroft, Cricket Tutor, 44. The favourite swipe is sure to be risked.
1886. Field, 4 Sept., 377/1. In driving for Tel-el-Kebir [a golf-hole], Kirk had a long swipe off the tee.
1893. Furnivall, Three Kings Sons, 1. Forewords p. v. In all the battles, no one is split in two; no one has his head clean cut off at one swipe.
b. (a) A row or line of corn as it falls when mown; = SWATH1 3. (b) A streak or stripe produced as if by swiping.
1869. Blackmore, Lorna D., xxix. Three good swipes he cut of corn, and laid them right end onwards.
1890. Advance (Chicago), 24 April. A long swipe of dirt across her dimpled cheek.
3. A copious draught. dial.
1866. Gregor, Banffs. Gloss. Addit.
