SWAB
\swˈɒb], \swˈɒb], \s_w_ˈɒ_b]\
Definitions of SWAB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
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wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks"
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implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
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apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint"
By Princeton University
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cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
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wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks"
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implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
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A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
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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.
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An epaulet.
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A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
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A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
By Oddity Software
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A mop for cleaning decks, floors, etc.; a bit of sponge or cotton fastened to a handle to apply medicine to the mouth, throat, etc.
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To rub or clean with a mop, sponge, etc.
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Swabber.
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Swabbed.
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Swabbing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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A mop for cleaning or drying floors or decks.
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To clean or dry with a swab:-pr.p. swabbing; pa.t. and pa.p. swabbed.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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/swob/ The PDP-11 swap byte instruction mnemonic, asimmortalised in the dd option "conv=swab".1. To solve the NUXI problem by swapping bytes in a file.2. The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, oranything functionally equivalent to it.See also big-endian, little-endian, middle-endian,bytesexual.
By Denis Howe
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swob, n. a mop for cleaning or drying floors or decks, or for cleaning out the bore of a cannon: a bit of sponge, &c., for cleansing the mouth of a sick person: (slang) a naval officer's epaulet: a lubber or clumsy fellow in sailor's slang.--v.t. to clean or dry with a swab:--pr.p. swab'bing; pa.t. and pa.p. swabbed.--n. SWAB'BER, one who uses a swab: a baker's implement for cleaning ovens. [Dut. zwabber, a swabber, zwabberen, to swab; Ger. schwabber.]
By Thomas Davidson
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A piece of sponge or rag tied to a rod of whalebone or wood, for cleansing the mouth of the sick, or applying remedial agents to deep-seated parts. The process is termed Swabbing.
By Robley Dunglison
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(Clean with water&) mop or other arrangement of absorbent material on handle for cleaning (s. down or s. the deck &c.); s. up, take up (moisture) with s.; (Naut. slang) officer\'s epaulet; (Naut. slang) clumsy fellow, also swabber n. [Dutch]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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A device for moistening the lips of a helpless patient.
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A wire with a tuft of sterilized cotton at the end used in collecting material for bacteriologic study.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A bit of cotton gauze or the like fastened to a handle for cleansing cavities, such as the mouth or the vagina, or for applying remedies, or for obtaining a bit of tissue or secretion for bacteriological examination. [Dutch]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A mop; a bundle of thrums, bit of sponge, cloth, &c., fastened to a handle, and used for scrubbing or cleaning floors; -also, a bundle of old rope yarns tied tight at one end and teased at the other-used for wiping or drying the decks of a ship.