swinge

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SWINGE, verb transitive swinj. 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to bastinade; to chastise; to punish. You swing'd me for my love. --And swings his own vices in his son. 2. To move as a lash. [Not in use.] [This verb is obsolescent and vulgar.] SWINGE, noun swinj. A sway; a swing; the sweep of any thing in motion [Not in use.]
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