(chemistry, biochemistry) An indolizidine alkaloid, found in various Swainsona and other species (including locoweed), which disrupts the nervous system.

The condition of being a swain.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; ignorant, rustic.

plural of swainmote

(UK, law, obsolete) A court held before the verderers of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, three times a year, the swains or freeholders of the forest composing the jury.

(archaic) A little or young swain.

plural of swainling

The quality of being swainish.

A hawk, Buteo swainsoni

plural of Swainson's hawk