Swinge

·noun Power; sway; influence.

II. Swinge ·v & ·noun ·see Singe.

III. Swinge ·vt To move as a lash; to Lash.

IV. Swinge ·noun The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.

V. Swinge ·vt To beat soundly; to Whip; to Chastise; to Punish.

to swinge
To beat stoutly. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to swinge
1) To whip; to bastinade; to punish.--Johnson. And that baggage, Beatrix, how I would swinge her if...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
swinge
1) to singe. N. 2) to beat or whip a person. Northumb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose