| swingle | 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. Origin: See Swingel. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| swingletail | <zoology> The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| swingle | a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling |
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