Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Swabbing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swab \Swab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swabbing}.] [See {Swabber}, n.]
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after
washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also {swob}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swabbing
n : cleaning with a mop; "he gave it a good mopping" [syn: {mopping}]
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