swingle

Definitions

1. 1.To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. 2.To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.
3. 3.To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
4. 4.A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; - - called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is swingle.

• What is to swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] called?
• What is to clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch called?
• What is to beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] Forby called?
• What is a wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; - - called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand called?