Swink
Swink , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]
To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obsolete or Archaic]
Or swink with his hands and labor.
For which men swink and sweat incessantly.
The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.”
Swink , transitive verb
1.
To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obsolete]
And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.
2.
To acquire by labor. [Obsolete] — Piers Plowman
To devour all that others swink.
Swink , noun
[As. swinc, geswinc.]
Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obsolete] — Chaucer. Spenser