SWINGLED

Verb

swingled

simple past tense and past participle of swingle

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Source: Wiktionary


SWINGLE

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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