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Definition of Swiple
1. n. That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
Definition of Swiple
1. Noun. (alternative form of swipple) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swiple
1. a part of a threshing device [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swiple
Literary usage of Swiple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"The swiple is j'oined ... These thongs are passed through holes in the ends of
the handle and swiple, and made fast by being sewed together. ..."
2. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"... and only the remainder is employed in urging forward the swiple with a momentum
sufficient for shaking off the ripe grains from the stalk. ..."
3. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"A flail consists of the following parts: 1. The hand-staff, or piece held in the
thrasher's hand. 2. The swiple, or that part which strikes out the corn. 3. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"... which the labourer holds in his hand ; :l. the swiple, or that part which ...
or leathern thongs that bind the hand-staff and swiple; 4. the middle band ..."
5. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"The swiple is j'oined ... These thongs are passed through holes in the ends of
the handle and swiple, and made fast by being sewed together. ..."
6. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"... and only the remainder is employed in urging forward the swiple with a momentum
sufficient for shaking off the ripe grains from the stalk. ..."
7. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"A flail consists of the following parts: 1. The hand-staff, or piece held in the
thrasher's hand. 2. The swiple, or that part which strikes out the corn. 3. ..."
8. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"... which the labourer holds in his hand ; :l. the swiple, or that part which ...
or leathern thongs that bind the hand-staff and swiple; 4. the middle band ..."
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