a. rare. [f. SWAN sb. + -ISH1.] Swan-like.

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a. 1586.  Sidney, Arcadia, II. (1622), 216. Long since, alas, my deadly swannish musick Hath made itself a cryer of the morning.

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1591.  W. R., Murther John Ld. Bourgh, B. A swannish tune becomes my morning song.

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1630.  Drayton, Muses’ Elysium, Nymphal i. 77. My swannish Breast brancht all with blew.

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1631.  [Mabbe], Celestina, XVIII. 187. This hoarse swannish voyce of mine.

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