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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Sware

Swâre, imp.

past tense

of swear. [Obs.] See SWEAR.

Swāre, n.

noun

n. [Written also schware.] [L. Ger. sware, M. H. Ger. schrar, schware, from L. Ger. swaar, A-S. swār, O. H. Ger. swāri, N. H. Ger. schwer, heavy.] A copper coin and money of account in Bremen, of the value of one fifth of a groat, that is, nearly a half farthing sterling, or one quarter of a cent. McCulloch.