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SWINGLE
Etymology 1
Verb
swingle (third-person singular simple present swingles, present participle swingling, simple past and past participle swingled)
(transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
(transitive) To beat off the tops of (weeds) without pulling up the roots.
Noun
swingle (plural swingles)
An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
Etymology 2
Verb
swingle (third-person singular simple present swingles, present participle swingling, simple past and past participle swingled)
To dangle; to wave hanging.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To swing for pleasure.
Anagrams
• slewing, swingel
Proper noun
Swingle (plural Swingles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swingle is the 11163rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2834 individuals. Swingle is most common among White (95.98%) individuals.
Anagrams
• slewing, swingel
Source: Wiktionary
Swin"gle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of swing.]
1. To dangle; to wave hanging. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Swin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swingling.] Etym: [See Swingel.]
1. To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.
2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
Swin"gle, n.
Definition: A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; - - called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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