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• Swingling
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• Swingle

(1):

(v. t.) 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):

(v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; - said of weeds.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(v. i.) To swing for pleasure.

(5):

(v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.