swingle 1
/swing"geuhl/ , n. , v. , swingled, swingling .
n.
1. a swipple.
2. a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
v.t.
3. to clean (flax or hemp) by beating and scraping with a swingle.
[ 1275-1325; ME swingel, OE swingell rod (c. MD swinghel ), equiv. to swing- (see SWING 1 ) + -el instrumental suffix (see -LE) ]
swingle 2
/swing"geuhl/ , n. Slang.
a single person who swings, esp. one who is highly active socially and sexually.
[ 1965-70, Amer.; b. SWING 1 and SINGLE ]