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 11163^rd 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

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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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