SWINGE

singe, swinge

(verb) burn superficially or lightly; “I singed my eyebrows”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swinging or swingeing, simple past swonge or swinged, past participle swongen or swinged) (forms with o are obsolete)

(obsolete) To singe.

(archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.

(archaic) To strike hard.

(obsolete) To chastise; to beat.

• "The marriage of Wit and Wisdom"

Noun

swinge (plural swinges)

(archaic) A swinging blow.

(obsolete) Power; sway; influence.

Anagrams

• Winges, sewing, winges

Source: Wiktionary

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Swinge (swînj), v. & n.

Definition: See Singe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Swinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (swînjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (swînj"îng).] Etym: [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]

1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden.

2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton.

Swinge, n.

1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] Waller.

2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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