swinge 
When I mis n cliolar in I'ndiu. fnith, HIIMI I roiilil Imvc 
/ r/ ;i suonl and IMII 
H>'fil'il'li,ift,-r( Id''.'), i|imlitl liy Stcveim < '- 
3. To forgo; w-eld together, us by boating willi 
;i liuiMini'r: swage. 
swinge 1 (swinj), //. |< .w<;/< '. /.] 1. A lash 
swinge 1 (swinj), //. |< . 
ing movement ; n lash. 
The Hli;tlli.\v w:itrr doth her force infriiiKc, 
And renders viiln her tail's im|>ctiions tirimjt. 
U'ulli r, r.;itlle of tin- Suinlnul- l-l.iml- 111. 
2f. Swiiy: control. 
That whilmiM In i .I!UML: the best. 
t, . hiil. I" Mir. fur Mags., it. Si. 
Holy ehurrh hath home a jrreat twinge. 
Tiinilalr, Ann. to sh- T. Mm,,, i. < r ; ,rker Hoc., 1850), p. 12, 
(side-note. 
swinge-t (swinj). <-. /. [An irrcg.,appar. forced, 
fiinu, with inserted it', of xingi : sec .;'//</'.] To 
singe. 
The -.'in ( IIIT.K flame KWB ttniuHd all hla face. 
.Spoiwr, K. Q.,I. xl. 28. 
swinge'-'t (swin.j), . [< xu-iiige'*, r.] A singe. 
/.V<(M. (/I/I/ AY. 
swinge-buckler (swiiij'buk*16r), u. [< xii-im/fi, 
i'., + obj. buckler.] A swash-buckler. 
You linil nut four such nringr-bueHcri In all the Inns o' 
court again. SAn*., 2 Hen. IV., III. 2. 24. 
swingeing (swin'jiug), />. o. [Also mrini/iug: 
ppr. of ,s-jnH</r ', i-. ] Great; huge. [Colloq.] 
\Vhea I Raid now I Mill lie-in to lie, did I not tell you 
a *irt,i ii,,-i l.ir thru, ulit-ii I htid been accustomed to lie 
for DO many Years, and I had also told a Lie jnjt the 
Moment In-fore? 
K. Bailey, I r. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 27 1. 
A nriniiinii storm will slnK you such a lullaby. 
Flrtthrr, Rule a Wife, iv. :i. 
1 don't advise you to go to law ; but, If your Jury were 
Christians, they must give striiweing damages, that's all. 
fielding, Joseph Andrews, IL 5. 
Christinas eve was a shiny cold night, a creaking cold 
night, a placid, calm furingeituj cold night. 
C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 264. 
SWingeingly (swiu'jing-li), nth: Hugely; vast- 
ly: greatly. Also mriiigingly. [Colloq.] 
swingel (swing'gl ; sometimes swin'jel, with 
reference to swinge), n. If. An obsolete spell- 
ing of mcinglel. 2. Same as mcinglc 1 , 2. 
Floor*, send up the sound 
Of the eifinjel't measured stroke. 
F. Luetu, quoted In The Academy, Jan. 25, 1390, p. 51). 
swinger 1 (swing'er), N. [< .winy + -eel.] One 
who or that which swings. 
swinger 2 (swin'jer), n. [< swinge 1 + -cr 1 .] 1. 
One who or that which swinges. 2. Anything 
very great or astonishing; a stunner; hence, 
a bold lie ; a whopper. [Colloq.] 
Next crowne the bowle full 
With gentle lambs-wool : 
Adde sngar, nutmeg, and ginger, 
With store of ale too ; 
And thus ye must doe 
'lo make the wassaile a xicinfffr. 
Hcrrict, Twelfe Night. 
How will he rap out presently half a dozen nritujfru, to 
get off cleverly ! 
Eehard, Obs. on Ans. to Cont. of Clergy, p. 169. 
swing-handle (swing'han'dl), n. A handle of 
any utensil fitted on one or more pivots; es- 
pecially, a bail, or upright arched nandle, so 
arranged as to be dropped or raised at pleasure. 
swinging 1 (swing'ing), . [Verbal n. of siring, 
r.] The act of moving back and forth ; espe- 
cially, the sport or pastime of moving in a 
swing. 
Sicinffiny ... is a childish sport, in which the per- 
former is seated upon the middle of a long rope, fastened 
at both ends, a little distance from each other, and the 
higher above his head the better. 
.SYnitt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 390. 
swinging 1 (swing'ing), p. a. [Ppr. of siring. r.] 
Having or marked by a free sweeping move- 
ment like or suggesting that of a pendulum : as, 
:i xiringing step. Sec cuts under .w/ anil pliinin- 
graph. 
swinging- (swin'jing), p. a. See swingeing. 
swinging-block (swmg'ing-blok), n. Same as 
swing-stock. 
swinging-boom (swing'ing-bora), H. A boom 
having one end fastened to the side of the ship 
abreast of the fore swifter, used at sea to ex- 
tend the foot of the lower stnddingsail. In 
Ct it is swung out at right angles so that 
ts may be fastened to it. Also called lower 
boom. 
swingingly 1 (swing'ing-H), nrfr. In an oscil- 
lating or swaying manner. 
The fiendish groans of the camels, as they stalked ncinti- 
ingly along. O'Dmunan, Merv, x. 
SWingingly- (swin'.jing-li). inlr. See xiriiigr- 
ingly, 
fil I:, 
SWinging-pOSt (swing'ing -post ). . The post 
In which H gate in hung. 
swinging-saw (swing'ing-sa), . A saw dwiiig- 
iug from n n axis overhead; a swing-saw, 
swingism (sw ing'ix.m), . [< 5wfa0(Medef<) 
+ -i.iiH.} In Knit, hist., the practice*- (if those 
agitators who, from 1830 to 1KKJ, were in the 
habit of sending threatening letters signed 
Sin 'nil "or "Captain >' ii/"lo farmers, landed 
proprietors, etc., commanding them to give up 
the use of the threshing-machine, to pay higher 
wages to their employees, etc., and in case of 
non-compliance threatening the destruction of 
the obnoxious person's property ; incendiarism 
in the fancied promotion of the interests of 
agricultural laborers. 
Thus, at one time, we have burking t another, tinny- 
im now suicide is in vogue. 
Bulirer, Night and Murnlng. 
swing-jack (swing'jak), n. A jack used to re- 
place derailed cars on a railway-track. 
swing-knife (swing'nif ), . Same as swingle*, 1. 
swingle 1 (swing'gl), . [Formerly iilsn. </(/(-/; 
< MK. xn-i Hi/If, .iiriii</rt. sn-<-i/gi/l,< AH. nringfl(pl. 
xiringla, sicincgla), a whip, scourge, flail, a blow, 
mringele, a scourging (= MD. svringhel, ce- 
ghel, a swingle, = MHG. suenlcel. mcengil, 0. 
schwengcl, a clapper (of a bell), handle (of a 
pump), beam, bar, lever, etc.), with noun for- 
mative -el (-le), < swingan, swing: see mriiiii. 
mriiuje*. Cf. O. sfliwinge, gchiciny-gtock, a swin- 
gle.] 1. A wooden instrument used for beat- 
ing flax and scraping from it the woody parts. 
Also airing-knife, xtciiiglf-xttiff, xiri/iy/i>i(/-kitife or 
' 
.' for flax or hempe. Kxciulium. 
Prompt, fare., p. 4o2. 
2. That part of a flail which falls upon the grain 
in threshing; a swipple. [Local.] 3. A kind 
of spoke or lever, like the hand-spike of a cap- 
stan, used in turning the barrel in wire-draw- 
ing. 4. One of the radiating arms by which 
the roller of a plate-press is turned. 
1. To clean, as flax, by beating and scraping 
with a swingle or swing-knife. 
I bete and tirynffi/Ue flex. Bet. Anttq., II. 197. 
Following the dog, approached the jolly-faced father 
of Margaret from the barn, where he had been twitiglimj 
Hax. & Judd, Margaret, I. 2. 
2. To cut off the tops of without pulling up 
the roots, as weeds. 
swingle 2 (swing'gl), r. i. ; pret. and pp. miauled, 
ppr. swingling. [A freq. from siring. Cf. Icel. 
xrintjla, stray to and fro, = Dan. arint/le, reel.] 
1. "fo dangle; wave hanging. Imp. Diet. 2f. 
To swing for pleasure. Imp. Diet. 
swingle-bar (swing' gl-bar), w. Same as xiriiigle- 
tree. DC (j>iMre#/Vision of Sudden Death. 
swingle-Staff (swing 'gl-staf), . Same as 
xiringlel, 1. 
swingletail (swing'gl-tal), . The thrasher or 
foxHshark, Alopian ruIjteK. See cut under Alo- 
pias. 
swingletree (swing'gl-tre), . [< ME. sicinglc- 
trc, sicynglctre; < stciiigle, swingle, lit. 'a swing- 
er,' or that which swings, + tree : see swingle! 
and tree. This word is also used in the corrupt- 
ed form singletree. Cf. axletree.] A cross-bar, 
pivoted at the middle, to which the traces are 
fastened in a cart, carriage, plow, etc. From tin- 
iflftrcf, a corruption of *trin;ilrtrce, arose the name donblf- 
'trcr for the equalizing-bar to which a pair of animals In 
hitched by means of a pair of swfngletrees, each center- 
bolted and swinging freely like the doubletree Itself. The 
extent of swing of the doubletree Is generally limited by a 
chain or strap passing to the fore axle on each side. Tin 
swingletree gives freedom of alternating action to the 
shoulders of the horse, and also prevents that motion from 
being communicated to the vehicle. In the case of the 
iloiibletree It further correlates and equalizes the traction 
of the two animals composing the team. Also nciwjlrtt, 
icMfktne. 
swingletree-hook (swing'gl-tre-huk), . A 
curved metallic hook joined to a ring which is 
fitted over the end of a swingletree. The hook 
receives the trace coming on its side. 
swingling-knife (swing'gling-nif ), w. Same as 
xirhigle*, 1. 
swingling-machine (swing'gliug-ma-shen'). n. 
A machine for swingling flax. 
swingling-staff(swing'gling-staf), n. Same as 
ttDinglt 1 , 1. 
swingling-tow (swing'gling-to), n. The coars- 
est tiber yielded bv the stalks of flax. It in- 
cludes that from wh'ich the woody particles can- 
not be perfectly removed in the process of 
swingling. 
s wink 
swing-motion ' s wing' mo shon), . In railway 
rolling-stock, an arrangement of sprint'-, hang- 
ers. Mvinging-bolstc T. and other parts of a car- 
truck that enables the car- body to -way or swing 
laterally on thetruek. A car-truck arranged in 
this way is called a xiriiig-iiinlinii ////. s-i 
cut under i-in'-li in i. 
swing-pan (-wing'pan). H. In Km/in -minntf., a 
sugar-pan with a spout, hinged at one side so 
that it .-an be tipped to pour out the syrup by 
lifting the opposite edge. 
swing-plow (swing'plou), n. 1. Any plow with- 
out wheels. 2. A turn-wrest plow, or si. I. - 
hill plow. 
swing-press (swing'pres), H. A baling-press 
the box of which is suspended from above by 
a screw on which it winds as it is rotated. / 
II. Knight. 
swing-saw (swing'sa), w. A circular saw MI-- 
peuufd at the lower end of a swinging frame 
over a bench, used by moving it over blocks 
which, from their weight or shape, cannot con- 
veniently be fed to the saw. E. H. Knight. 
swing-shelf (swing'shelf ), . A hanging shelf, 
or set of hanging shelves. 
A nriny-thtV was loaded with shot-pouches, bullet- 
moulds, powder-horns, and fishing-tackle. 
S. Judd, Margaret, I. 3. 
swing-stock (swing'stok), . In flax-dressing, 
an upright piece of timber set in a foot-piece, 
and having a blunt edge at the top, over which 
flax is laid to be beaten with a sword-shaped 
wooden implement called a swingle, in the oper- 
ation known as swingling, whereby the shives 
are beaten out of previously retted and broken 
flax to separate the harl. This method has been 
superseded by modern flax-dressing machines. 
Also called swinging-block. 
swing-swang (swing'swang), a. [A varied re- 
duplication of swing.] Swinging; drawling. 
Halliicell. [Prov. Eng.] 
SWing-SWang (swing-swang), . [Cf. sicing- 
sHHing, a.] A swing back and forth; an oscil- 
lation, as of a pendulum: an imitative word. 
[Colloq.] 
The time taken l>y a simple pendulum to effect one 
complete oscillation one nnng-neang depends on the 
square root of its length, and varies inversely as the square 
root of the local acceleration of gravity. 
.1 . DanieU, Prln. of Physics, vili. 
swing-table (swing'ta'bl), . In a machine for 
polishing plate-glass, a movable table or bed 
to which a plate of glass is cemented for pol- 
ishing. Also called runner. 
swing-tool (swing'tol), n. In fine metal-work, 
a holder which swings on horizontal centers, 
so that it will yield to unequal pressures, and 
hold a plate re*sting on it flat against the face 
of a file. K. H. Knight. 
SWingtree (swing'trS), w. Same as mringletrer. 
swing-trot (swing'trot), . A swinging trot. 
[Rare.] 
With an appearance of great hurry and business, and 
smoking a short travelling-pipe, he proceeded on a long 
swing trot through the muddy lanes of the metropolis. 
lrrii\g, Knickerbocker, p. 2O5. 
swing-wheel (swing'hwel), n. The wheel in a 
timepiece which drives the pendulum. In a 
watch or balance-clock it is called the balanrc- 
wheel. 
swinish (swi'nish), a. [< ME. "swinish (Sc. mi- 
nis) (= MHG. siriniseh, G. scliweinisch = Dan. 
uriiist); < swine + -ish 1 .] Befitting swine ; like 
swine: gross; hoggish; brutal; beastly: as, a 
sirinish drunkard or sot. 
5tnniA gluttony 
Ne'er looks to Heaven amidst his gorgeous feast. 
Milf"n, Comus, 1. 776. 
swinishly (swi'nish-li), arf?'. In a swinish man- 
ner. Bailey, 1731. 
swinishness (swi'nish-nes), . The character 
of being swinish. Bailey, 1731. 
swinkt (swingk), r. [< ME. strinken, swynken 
(pret. swank, sicanc, stconc, pp. sicunken, siron- 
ken), < AS. swincan (pret. siranc, pp. struncen), 
labor, work hard; appar. another form, differ- 
entiated in use, of swingan, swing: see swing.] 
I. hitrans. To toil; labor; drudge; slave. 
Clerkes that aren crooned [tonsured clerks] of kynde vn- 
derstondyng 
Sholde nother nrynire ne swete ne swere at enqnestei. 
Piert Plowman (C), vl. 57. 
If he be poure, she helpeth hym to nryntt. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 98. 
Honour, estate, and all this worldes good, 
For which men nrinrt and sweat Incessantly, 
Fro me do flow Into an ample flood. 
Sptntcr, F. Q., II. vil. 8. 
