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Swingling

Swingle \Swin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swingling.] [See Swingel.]

  1. 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.

  2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.]
    --Forby.

Swingling

Swingling \Swin"gling\, a. & n. from Swingle, v. t.

Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.

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swingling

vb. (present participle of swingle English)

Usage examples of "swingling".

It was a thick auburn braid, waist-length, with the end of it flicking her high, swingling rump, and there was more wind filling her skirt than hips.