Thesaurus: swingle

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1. v. i. To dangle; to wave hanging.
2. v. i. To swing for pleasure.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. v. i. To dangle; to wave hanging. v. i. To swing for pleasure. 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. v. t. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. 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.