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Swinge

Swinge Meaning & Definition
Swinge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swinge?

[v] burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Swinge: singe

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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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