Definitions for "Swab"
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
A sailor. A mop.
A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
A stick with material, like cotton or Dacron®, attached to the end of it that is used to take a sample from the body. Also, the act of using a swab to get a sample.
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epaulet
An epaulet.
A tool which is lowered down the pipe on a wire line. The "swab" is then pulled out of the hole. As it travels up the pipe, rubber elements expand so that the fluid in the pipe is trapped above the swab and pushed to the surface. This operation is necessary when the formation pressure is not high enough to blow the fluids in the pipe to the surface.
A hollow rubber cylinder with a flap (check valve) on the bottom surface. It is lowered below the fluid level in the well. This opens the check valve allowing fluid into the cylinder. The check valve flap closes as the swab is pulled back up, lifting oil to the surface.
To clean out the bore hole of a well with a special tool attached to a wire line. Swabbing a well is often done to start it flowing. By evacuating the fluid contents of the hole the hydrostatic head is reduced sufficiently to permit the oil in the formation to flow into the bore hole.
A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
C programming language that swaps the contents of two areas of bytes in the memory. As far as traceable, "swab" is a contraction of "swap byte". It is not a standard ISO C library function, so its use is not portable.