Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swop \Swop\, v. & n.
Same as {Swap}. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swapping}.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a
bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. {Swap} a blow, {Swap},
v. i.] [Written also {swop}.]
1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] ``Swap off
his head!'' --Chaucer.
2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to
swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swop
n : an equal exchange; "we had no money so we hd to live by
barter" [syn: {barter}, {swap}, {trade}, {quid pro quo}]
v : exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: {trade},
{swap}, {switch}]
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