Webster's Dictionary 1913

12799

Swinge

Swinge (swĭnj), v. & n. See Singe. Spenser.

12800

Swinge (2)

Swinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Swinged (swĭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n.Swingeing (swĭnj″ĭng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.] 1. To beat soundly; to ...

12801

Swinge (3)

Swinge, n. 1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. Waller.2. Power; sway; influence.

12802

Swingebuckler

Swinge″buc′kler (?), n. A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer. Shak.

12803

Swingeing

Swinge″ing, a. Huge; very large. Arbuthnot.Byron. — Swinge″ing‐ly, adv.Dryden.

12804

Swingel

Swin″gel (?), n. [AS. swingele whip, scourge. See Swing.] The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.

12805

Swinger

Swing″er (?), n. One who swings or whirls.

12806

Swinger (2)

Swin″ger (?), n. 1. One who swinges.2. Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing. Herrick.

12807

Swingle

Swin″gle (?), v. i. [Freq. of swing.] 1. To dangle; to wave hanging. Johnson.2. To swing for pleasure.

12808

Swingle (2)

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 a...

12809

Swingle (3)

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, swin...

12810

Swinglebar

Swin″gle‐bar′ (?), n. A swingletree. De Quincey.

12811

Swingletail

Swin″gle‐tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

12812

Swingletree

Swin″gle‐tree′ (?), n. [So named in allusion to its swinging. See Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree.] A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

12813

Swingling

Swin″gling (?), a. & n. from Swingle, v. t.Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.

12814

Swingtree

Swing″tree′ (?), n. The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

12815

Swinish

Swin″ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. “Swinish gluttony.” Milton. — Swin″ish‐ly, adv. —...

12816

Swink

Swink (?), v. i. [imp.Swank (?), Swonk (�); p. p.Swonken (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.] To labor; to toil; to salve.Or swink with his ...

12817

Swink (2)

Swink, v. t. 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.2. To acquire by labor. Piers Plowman.To devour all th...

12818

Swink (3)

Swink, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.] Labor; toil; drudgery. Chaucer. Spenser.

12819

Swinker

Swink″er (?), n. A laborer. Chaucer.

12820

Swinney

Swin″ney (?), n.(Far.) See Sweeny.

12821

Swipe

Swipe (?), n. [Cf. Sweep, Swiple.] 1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.Swipes over the blower's head, and over ei...

12822

Swipe (2)

Swipe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Swiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Swiping.] 1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.Loose balls may be swiped almost a...

12823

Swiple

Swi″ple (?), n. [See Swipe.] That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel. [Written also swipel, and swipple.]

12824

Swipper

Swip″per (?), a. [From AS. swipian to whip, shake, whirl; akin to swāpan to sweep. See Swoop.] Nimble; quick.

12825

Swirl

Swirl (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Swirled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Swirling.] [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. √...