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Swingle   Listen
verb
Swingle  v. i.  
1.
To dangle; to wave hanging. (Obs.)
2.
To swing for pleasure. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Swingle" Quotes from Famous Books



... which the beating is done is called a flail. One part is the handle, and the other part, which is fastened to the handle by a leather string, is called a swingle, or swiple, because it swings through the air, and beats down on ...
— Daddy Takes Us to the Garden - The Daddy Series for Little Folks • Howard R. Garis
... gee-haw the hosses, and onhook the swingle-tree, Whare the hazel-bushes tosses down theyr shadders over me; And I draw my plug o' navy, and I climb the fence, and set Jest a-thinkin' here, i gravy' tel my eyes ...
— Riley Farm-Rhymes • James Whitcomb Riley


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