Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Swinge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swinged} (sw[i^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Swingeing} (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen,
AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See {Swing}.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
I had swinged him soundly. --Shak.
And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden.
2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.]
Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
--Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swinge \Swinge\, n.
1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
[Obs.] --Waller.
2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swinge \Swinge\ (sw[i^]nj), v. & n.
See {Singe}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swinge
v : burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" [syn:
{singe}, {scorch}]
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