English English Dictionary
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To move as a lash; to lash.
The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
Power; sway; influence.
A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
of Swinge
of Swinge
Huge; very large.
The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
One who swings or whirls.
One who swinges.
Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos.
A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.
of Swing
To dangle; to wave hanging.
To swing for pleasure.
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.
To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
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.
A swingletree.