† Swope sb. and v.²

Also 7 swoup. Obs. or dial. form of SUP sb. and v.¹

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[1617. Moryson, Itin., III. 81. The Germans … serue to the Table sower Cabbages, which they call Crawt, and beere (or wine for a dainty) boyled with bread, which they call Swoope.] Ibid., 86. They will spend an Age in swoping and sipping.

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1639. R. Junius, Sinne Stigmatizd, 316. Pledge me quickly, and carouse it off every swoup.

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1807. R. Anderson, Cumbld. Ball., 116. I wish I’d but seav’d a swope geuseberry wine.

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Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022.

† Swope sb. and v.2

† Swope sb. and v.²