SWIN'GLE, verb intransitive [from swing.] To dangle; to wave hanging. 1. To swing for pleasure. [Not in use.] SWIN'GLE, verb transitive To beat; to clean flax by beating it with a wooden instrument resembling a large knife, and called in New England a swingling knife. Flax is first broke and then swingled. SWIN'GLE, noun In wire-works, a wooden spoke fixed to the barrel that draws the wire; also, a crank.
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