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Swingle Swingle Swin"gle, v. i. [Freq. of swing.]
1. To dangle; to wave hanging. [Obs.] --Johnson.
2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Swingle Swingle Swin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swingling.] [See Swingel.]
1. 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.
2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; --
said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
Swingle Swingle Swin"gle, n.
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.
Swinglebar Swinglebar Swin"gle*bar`, n.
A swingletree. --De Quincey.
Swingled Swingle Swin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swingling.] [See Swingel.]
1. 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.
2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; --
said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
Swingletail Swingletail Swin"gle*tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.
swingle-tail Thrasher Thrash"er, Thresher Thresh"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes),
remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its
tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is
found both upon the American and the European coasts.
Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other
allied species. See Brown thrush.
Sage thrasher. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sage.
Thrasher whale (Zo["o]l.), the common killer of the
Atlantic.
Swingletree Swingletree Swin"gle*tree`, n. [So named in allusion to its
swinging. See Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree.]
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.
Wingless Wingless Wing"less, a.
Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
Wingless bird (Zo["o]l.), the apteryx.
Wingless bird Wingless Wing"less, a.
Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
Wingless bird (Zo["o]l.), the apteryx.
Winglet Winglet Wing"let, n.
1. A little wing; a very small wing.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A bastard wing, or alula.
