SWINGLE


Meaning of SWINGLE in English

vi to swing for pleasure.

2. swingle ·vi to dangle; to wave hanging.

3. swingle ·vt to beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots;

— said of weeds.

4. swingle ·vt 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.

5. swingle ·noun 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.

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