'Swingle' definitions:
Definition of 'Swingle'
From: GCIDE
- Swingle \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swingle'
From: GCIDE
- Swingle \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swingle'
From: GCIDE
- Swingle \Swin"gle\, v. i. [Freq. of swing.]
- 1. To dangle; to wave hanging. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]