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
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
