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.
2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; --
said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.]
--Forby.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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