See Also: piroplasmia(medicine)
swag(1)(dictionary)
swag(2)(dictionary)
swag(dictionary)

swag(2) (iou) and piroplasmia (medicine)


swag(2) (iou)



swag verb. [swag] Infl. -gg-. E16.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin: cf. Norwegian dial. svag(g)a sway. Cf. SWAG noun & adjective.]
verb trans. Cause to sway or sag. E16.
b. Arrange in swags; decorate with swags. Chiefly as swagged ppl adjective. M20.
verb intrans. Move heavily from side to side or up and down; sway. M16.
verb intrans. Hang (down) loosely or heavily; sag. E17.
Chiefly Austral. & NZ.
a. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Carry one's belongings in a swag; Travel (up a region) with a swag. M19.
b. verb trans. Pack up and carry (one's belongings) in a swag; Travel (the country) with a swag. M19.
verb trans. Criminals' slang.
a. Steal. M-L19.
b. Push or take roughly. M19.
Comb.: swag-bellied adjective (arch.) having a pendulous stomach; swag belly arch. (a person with) a pendulous stomach.

piroplasmia (medicine)


piroplasmia


A subclass of heteroxenous parasitic protozoa usually transmitted by ticks. Its organisms are rod-shaped or amoeboid with conoid, oocysts, spores, and pseudocysts absent. Locomotion is by body flexion, gliding, or, in sexual stages, by large axopodium-like organelles.