Category: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.]

Swingle 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.

Swingle Swin"gle, n.

Defn: 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.