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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Dictionary Results for swab: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
swab
n 1: 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
2: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened
to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: swab, swob, mop]
v 1: wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks" [syn:
swab, swob]
2: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with
paint" [syn: dab, swab, swob]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Swab \Swab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swabbing.] [See Swabber, n.]
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after
washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also swob.]
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Swab \Swab\, n. [Written also swob.]
1. A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels,
etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
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2. 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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3. (Naut.) An epaulet. [Sailor's Slang] --Marryat.
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4. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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5. A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long
rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
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4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
swab
/swob/
[From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 ?SWAp Byte? instruction, as
immortalized in the dd(1) option conv=swab (see dd)]
1. vt. To solve the NUXI problem by swapping bytes in a file
2. n. The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, or anything
functionally equivalent to it. See also big-endian, little-endian,
middle-endian, bytesexual.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
swab
/swob/ The PDP-11 swap byte instruction mnemonic, as
immortalised 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, or
anything functionally equivalent to it.
See also big-endian, little-endian, middle-endian,
bytesexual.
[Jargon File]
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