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Definition of Swinge
1. Verb. Burn superficially or lightly. "I singed my eyebrows"
Definition of Swinge
1. v. & n. See Singe.
2. v. t. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
3. n. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
Definition of Swinge
1. Verb. (obsolete) To singe. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To lash. ¹
3. Verb. (archaic) To strike hard. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) A swinging blow. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) Power; sway; influence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swinge
1. to flog [v SWINGED, SWINGEING, SWINGES] - See also: flog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swinge
Literary usage of Swinge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"swinge, ns [from the verb.] A sway; a sweep of any thing in motion. Not in use.
The shallow u-jrer doth her force infringe, ..."
2. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"4461) consiste of an arm a fastened to the bearings o, so that it swinge freely
thereon. At the other extremity of the »une arm is a disk c, ..."
3. The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Etc: The Result of a Two by Henry David Inglis (1835)
"To the latter, it is instantly associated with images of a very opposite
description, —with the fearful " race of Alderney," and as much dreaded " swinge;" ..."
4. The Channel Islands: A Guide to Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Herm, Jethou by Frank Fether Dally (1860)
"CHAPTER I. Position of the Island—The Voyage from Guernsey—The Caskets— The
swinge—Ortac— ... swinge ..."
5. The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, &c by Henry David Inglis, Matthew Scholefield (1834)
"... CHAPTER I. Difficult access to Alderney ; narrative of the voyage; terrors of
the race, and the swinge. NOTHING can be more different, ..."
6. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"swinge, ns [from the verb.] A sway; a sweep of any thing in motion. Not in use.
The shallow u-jrer doth her force infringe, ..."
7. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"4461) consiste of an arm a fastened to the bearings o, so that it swinge freely
thereon. At the other extremity of the »une arm is a disk c, ..."
8. The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Etc: The Result of a Two by Henry David Inglis (1835)
"To the latter, it is instantly associated with images of a very opposite
description, —with the fearful " race of Alderney," and as much dreaded " swinge;" ..."
9. The Channel Islands: A Guide to Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Herm, Jethou by Frank Fether Dally (1860)
"CHAPTER I. Position of the Island—The Voyage from Guernsey—The Caskets— The
swinge—Ortac— ... swinge ..."
10. The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, &c by Henry David Inglis, Matthew Scholefield (1834)
"... CHAPTER I. Difficult access to Alderney ; narrative of the voyage; terrors of
the race, and the swinge. NOTHING can be more different, ..."
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