swan

n : stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and

usually white plumage as adult

v 1: to declare or affirm as true: "Before God I swear I am

innocent." [syn: {affirm}, {assert}, {avow}, {aver}, {swear}]

2: wander about aimlessly; "The gypsies roamed the woods" [syn:

{wander}, {stray}, {roam}, {cast}, {ramble}, {rove}, {range},

{drift}, {vagabond}]

3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the

mountains"

SCAN

1. ["A Parallel Implementation of the SCAN Language",

N.G. Bourbakis, Comp Langs 14(4):239-254 (1989)].

2. A {real-time} language from {DEC}.

[Are these the same language?]

(1994-11-01)