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SWINGLE

\swˈɪŋɡə͡l], \swˈɪŋɡə‍l], \s_w_ˈɪ_ŋ_ɡ_əl]\

Definitions of SWINGLE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A wooden implement, for beating flax.
The short wooden bar of a flail.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A wooden instrument used in swingling; a swingle-knife.
To clean flax by beating it.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To beat; to clean or dress by beating, as flax; to swing or dangle.
In wireworks, a wooden spoke fixed to the barrel that draws the wire; a crank.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. A wooden instrument like a large knife, used for cleaning flax.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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