'Swinge' definitions:
Definition of 'swinge'
(from WordNet)
verb
Burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" [syn: singe, swinge]
Definition of 'Swinge'
From: GCIDE
- Swinge \Swinge\, n.
- 1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swinge'
From: GCIDE
- Swinge \Swinge\ (sw[i^]nj), v. & n. See Singe. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swinge'
From: GCIDE
- Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (sw[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
- 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. [1913 Webster]
- I had swinged him soundly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Swinge'
- Swing,
- Swinged,
- Swingeing,
- Swingeingly,
- Swinging,
- swing about,
- swing out,
- swing over,
- Full swing,
- Swing beam,
- Swing bridge,
- Swing plough,
- Swing plow,
- Swing wheel,
- To swing a door,
- baseball swing,
- in full swing,
- king of swing,
- swing around,
- swing door,
- swing music,
- swing shift,
- swing voter,
- swinging chad,
- swinging door,
- swinging post,
- To swing round the circle