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- Swab - n. - To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
- Swab - n. - A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
- Swab - n. - A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
- Swab - n. - An epaulet.
- Swab - n. - A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
- Swab - n. - A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
- Swabbed - imp. & p. p. - of Swab
- Swabber - v. t. - To swab.
- Swabber - n. - One who swabs a floor or desk.
- Swabber - n. - Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.
- Swabber - n. - Same as Swobber, 2.
- Swabbing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Swab
- Squilgee - n. - Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc.
- Swab - n. - To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.