SWIN'GLING-TOW, noun The coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling. SWING'-TREE, , noun [swing and tree.] The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened. In America, it is often or generally called the whiffle-tree, or whipple-tree.
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