Crossword clues for swound
swound
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swound \Swound\, v. & n.
See Swoon, v. & n. [Prov. Eng. or Archaic]
--Shak. Dryden.
The landlord stirred
As one awaking from a swound.
--Longfellow.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English): (non-gloss definition: alternative form of swoon) vb. (context archaic English): (non-gloss definition: alternative form of swoon)
Usage examples of "swound".
I stood, and Krip Vorlund lay in a swound now so deep that I could not probe it.
And Miss Kate there, in a dark swound, enough to turn the heart of any Christian.
Soone as they bene arriu'd vpon the brimOf the Rich strond, their charets they forlore,And let their temed fishes softly swimAlong the margent of the fomy shore,Least they their finnes should bruze, and surbate soreTheir tender feet vpon the stony ground:And comming to the place, where all in goreAnd cruddy bloud enwallowed they foundThe lucklesse Marinell, lying in deadly swound.