Category:Swinge

Swinge (swînj), v. & n.

Defn: see singe. [obs.] Spenser.

Swinge 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 Swinge, n.

1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [obs.] Waller.

2. Power; sway; influence. [obs.]