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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread swith #161792 08/27/2006 6:06 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 270 Israel Logwood enthusiast Logwood enthusiast Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 270 Israel My crossword threw me off with this word. The clue was "forcibly"... the answer, "swith". What? a valid word? I'd like to know if it appears in Oxford... it surely doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: swith #161793 08/27/2006 6:07 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 270 Israel Logwood enthusiast Logwood enthusiast Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 270 Israel המקום שלך ללימודי א� גלית לימודי א� גלית לכל הרמות כולל א� גלית עסקית ושירותי תרגום איכותיים. What's wrong with the Google Ads!??! World's going insane! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: swith #161794 08/27/2006 6:25 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Swith appears in Merriam-Webster's. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: swith #161795 08/27/2006 6:45 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass chiefly dialect : INSTANTLY, QUICKLY yeahbut, the forcibly or strongly sense is obsolete, last attested by OED from 1398! Last edited by tsuwm; 08/27/2006 6:51 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: swith #161796 08/29/2006 6:25 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I didn't know crosswords were popular in 1398 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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