What does "swinge" mean?
Swinge: To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton.
- 3.The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] Waller.
- 4.Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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