swingles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swingle
swingles
plural of swingle
• Wessling, swingels, wingless
Swingles
plural of Swingle
• Wessling, swingels, wingless
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
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; āthe area is well populatedā; āforests populated with all kinds of wild lifeā
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