Swag.  A shop.  Any quantity of goods.  As, plant the swag;
  conceal the goods.  Rum swag; a shop full of rich goods. 
  Cant.

Swagger.  To bully, brag, or boast, also to strut.

Swannery.  He keeps a swannery; i.e. all his geese are
  swans.

Sweating.  A mode of diminishing the gold coin, practiced
  chiefly by the Jews, who corrode it with aqua regia.  Sweating
  was also a diversion practised by the bloods of the last
  century, who styled themselves Mohocks:  these gentlemen
  lay in wait to surprise some person late in the night, when
  surrouding him, they with their swords pricked him in
  the posteriors, which obliged him to be constantly turning
  round; this they continued till they thought him sufficiently
  sweated.

Sweet.  Easy to be imposed on, or taken in; also expert,
  dexterous clever.  Sweet’s your hand; said of one dexterous
  at stealing.

Sweet heart.  A term applicable to either the masculine
  or feminine gender, signifying a girl’s lover, or a man’s
  mistress:  derived from a sweet cake in the shape of a
  heart.

Sweetness.  Guinea droppers, cheats, sharpers.  To sweeten
  to decoy, or draw in.  To be sweet upon; to coax, wheedle,
  court, or allure.  He seemed sweet upon that wench; he seemed to
  court that girl.

Swell.  A gentleman.  A well-dressed map.  The flashman
  bounced the swell of all his blunt; the girl’s bully frightened
  the gentleman out of all his money.

Swelled head.  A disorder to which horses are extremely
  liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. 
  This disorder is generally occasioned by remaining too
  long in one livery-stable or inn, and often arises to that
  height that it prevents their coming out at the stable door. 
  The most certain cure is the unguentum aureum—­not
  applied to the horse, but to the palm of the master of the inn
  or stable.  N. B. Neither this disorder, nor its remedy,
  is mentioned by either Bracken, Bartlet, or any of the
  modern writers on farriery.

Swig.  A hearty draught of liquor.

SWIGMEN.  Thieves who travel the country under colour of
  buying old shoes, old clothes, &c. or selling brooms, mops,
  &c.  Cant.

To swill.  To drink greedily.

Swill tub.  A drunkard, a sot.

Swimmer.  A counterfeit old coin.

Swimmer.  A ship.  I shall have a swimmer; a cant phrase
  used by thieves to signify that they will be sent on board
  the tender.

To swing.  To be hanged.  He will swing for it; he will
  be hanged for it.

Swing tail.  A hog.

To swinge.  To beat stoutly.