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swinge


  4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swinge 
  v  :  burn  superficially  or  lightly;  "I  singed  my  eyebrows"  [syn: 
  {singe},  {scorch}] 




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