• (v. t.) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. • (v. i.) To labor; to toil; to salve. • (n.) Labor; toil; drudgery. • (v. t.) To acquire by labor. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/swink/
Swink transitive verb 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [ Obsolete] « And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.» Milton. 2. To acquire by labor. [ Obsolete] Piers Plowman. « To devour all that others swink .... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/259