See Also: etum(dictionary)

swinge (iou) and etum (iou)


swinge (iou)



swinge verb2 trans. Now dial. & US. Pres. pple & verbal noun swingeing. L16.
[Prob. alt. of SINGE verb, infl. by SWEAL.]
Singe, scorch.

etum (iou)



-etum suffix. . L17.
[Latin -etum neut. of -etus.]
Forming nouns denoting: (a) a collection or plantation of different plants of a group, as ARBORETUM, PINETUM; (b) Ecology an association dominated by the species or genus from which it is named.