[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

switch \switch\, n. cf. od. swick a scourage, a whip. cf.
   swink, swing.
   1. a small, flexible twig or rod.
      1913 webster

            mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with
            something like a thread; in her other hand she holds
            a switch.                             --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. railways a movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails,
      for transferring cars from one track to another.
      1913 webster

   3. a separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance at
      jute made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
      1913 webster

   4. elec. a device for shifting an electric current to
      another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   safety switch railways, a form of switch contrived to
      prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains.

   switch back railways, an arrangement of tracks whereby
      elevations otherwise insurmountable are passed. the track
      ascends by a series of zigzags, the engine running
      alternately forward and back, until the summit is reached.
      

   switch board elec., a collection of switches in one piece
      of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be
      connected or combined in any desired manner.

   switch grass. bot. see under grass.
      1913 webster
see also:
swink swing safety switch switch back switch board switch grass 
grass 

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