The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swarve
Swarve \Swarve\, v. i. [See Swerve.]
To swerve. [Obs. or Scot.]
--Spenser. Jamieson.To climb. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Wiktionary
swarve
vb. 1 (context UK Scotland dialect obsolete English) To swerve. 2 (context UK dialect obsolete English) To climb.
Usage examples of "swarve".
I reached higher to a one beyond that and drew a breath and started to swarve my way up.