swinge 1
— swinger /swin"jeuhr/ , n.
/swinj/ , v.t., swinged, swingeing . Brit. Dial.
to thrash; punish.
[ 1250-1300; ME swengen to shake, smite, OE swengan, causative of swingan to swing, or denominative deriv. of OE sweng a blow ]
swinge 2
/swinj/ , v.t., swinged, swingeing .
to singe.
[ 1580-90; obscurely akin to SINGE ]