singe, swinge
(verb) burn superficially or lightly; “I singed my eyebrows”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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"
swinge (plural swinges)
(archaic) A swinging blow.
(obsolete) Power; sway; influence.
• Winges, sewing, winges
Source: Wiktionary
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
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
