swikes

Noun

swike (plural swikes)

1. (Scotland, dialectal) Deceit; treachery.

   Synonyms:

   perfidy, prodition, traitory, betrayal, breach of promise, breach of trust, double-dealing, Judas kiss, perfidiousness, Punic faith

2. (dialectal, obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
   • The Saxon Chronicle contradicts itself as to Algar's outlawry, stating in one passage that he was outlawed without any kind of guilt, and in another that he was outlawed as swike, or traitor, and that he made a confession of it before all the men there gathered.1848, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Harold, the Last of the Saxons

   Synonyms:

   rat, renegade, treasonist, backstabber, betrayer, cockatrice, double-crosser, quisling, ratter, recreant

3. (dialectal, obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave.

See all 6 meanings of swike