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Definition of Swingle
1. v. i. To dangle; to wave hanging.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Definition of Swingle
1. to scutch [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] - See also: scutch
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