1. n. Popularised by Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII in the final scene of The Tudors, season two, any food dish representing one's most gourmand culinary desires. (Rltd.: swan.)

2. v. The act of indulging in anything that qualifies as swan pie. (Rltd.: swanning, swanned.)

3. n. A baked pie of any type or variety, usually of the type made in or around the Elizabethan period, decorated by component parts of a swan that are still in tact, such as wings and head, giving the pie the appearance of a swan.