Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SWAG
SWAD'DLING-BAND, or SWAD'DLING-CLOTHSWAG'-BEL-LI-ED
SWAG, v.i. [Qu. Sax. sigan, to fall; Ice. sweigia; Sw. svag; Dan. id. feeble; Dan. svækker, to weaken. See Weak.]
To sink down by its weight; to lean. – Grew.
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