"sweight" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sweɪt/ Forms: sweights [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Middle English sweyght, derivative of Middle English sweiȝen (“to sway”), equivalent to sway + -th. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sweyght}} Middle English sweyght, {{der|en|enm|sweiȝen||to sway}} Middle English sweiȝen (“to sway”), {{suffix|en|sway|th}} sway + -th Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweight (plural sweights)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A portion or amount; the greatest amount or the greater part of anything; a multitude; a great number or quantity. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-sweight-en-noun-vrlR1XWG Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English
  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The force of a moving object or body in motion; violence. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-sweight-en-noun-63g8S3RL Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -th, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 52 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -th: 30 45 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 53 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 55 23
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A rush; an impetus; a burden, weight, or force. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-sweight-en-noun-AFKOFldc Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swecht [Northern-England, Scotland], sweicht, swelch, swelth [Scotland] Related terms: swegh

Inflected forms

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