Swi"ple (?), n. [See Swipe.] That part of a flail which strikes the
grain in thrashing; a swingel. [Written also swipel, and swipple.]
Swip"per (?), a. [From AS. swipian to whip, shake, whirl; akin to swpan
to sweep. See Swoop.] Nimble; quick. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Slang]
Swirl (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swirled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Swirling.] [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl,
Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. √177. See Swarm, n.]
To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river swirled along."
C. Kingsley.
Swirl, n. A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. "The silent
swirl of bats." Mrs. Browning.
Swish (?), v. t. [From the sound. Cf. Swash.] 1. To flourish, so as to
make the sound swish. Coleridge.