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Swin"gle (?), v. i. [Freq. of swing.] 1. To dangle; to wave hanging. [Obs.] Johnson.
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2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Swin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingling (?).] [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.
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2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
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Swin"gle, n. 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.
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