Now dial. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.) [The stem of SWAP v. Cf. G. schwapp(s), LG. swaps int.] At a blow; with sudden violence; suddenly and forcibly.
1672. Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.), Rehearsal, II. iii. (Arb.), 57. His spirits exhale with the heat of his passion, and all that, and swop falls asleep.
1687. Montague & Prior, Hind & P. Transv., 20. She’s in the right on’t; but mind now, she comes upon her swop!
1702. Mouse grown a Rat, 4. I came upon swop with Abundance of Confidence.
1728. Vanbr. & Cib., Prov. Husb., I. ii. And straight upo’ that, swap comes somewhat across my forehead.
a. 1818. M. G. Lewis, Jrnl. W. Ind. (1834), 297. The waves … hovering for a while over the ship, and then coming down upon us swop.
