Swingle

·vi To swing for pleasure.

II. Swingle ·vi To Dangle; to wave hanging.

III. Swingle ·vt To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots;

— said of weeds.

IV. Swingle ·vt 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.

V. Swingle ·noun 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.