About The Word Swinge
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Swinge
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What's The Definition Of Swinge?
[v] burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Swinge: singe Related Terms | Find terms related to Swinge: See Also | blacken | char | scorch Swinge In Webster's Dictionary \Swinge\ (sw[i^]nj), v. & n.
See {Singe}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swinged} (sw[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swingeing} (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See {Swing}.] 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. --Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden. 2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. --Milton. \Swinge\, n. 1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] --Waller. 2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.] |
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