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swither
/ˈswɪðə/
verb 5noun 3
Collocations
2SWITHER + NOUN
legs
PREP.
about, in, up
Definitions
verb
1
To burn, scorch, singe.
2
To burn slowly, melt (as a candle), sweal
3
To smart, ache; tingle
noun
1
A great heat; a scorching, singeing
2
Sweating.
verb
1
To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.
2
To move or swing about.
He was filling his pipe, staring at his picture, not her, and this tacit dismissal allowed her to sidle over to the bank higher up, and there swither her legs about in the water before coming out of it.
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He was filling his pipe, staring at his picture, not her, and this tacit dismissal allowed her to sidle over to the bank higher up, and there swither her legs about in the water before coming out of i
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Bradly came bristling to the lagoon the following afternoon, in a swither of alarm and expectation.
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