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Swingle
(gcide) | Swingle \Swin"gle\, v. i. [Freq. of swing.]
1. To dangle; to wave hanging. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Swingle
(gcide) | Swingle \Swin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swingling.] [See Swingel.]
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.
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2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; --
said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
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Swingle
(gcide) | Swingle \Swin"gle\, n.
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.
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swingletree
(encz) | swingletree, n: |
Swinglebar
(gcide) | Swinglebar \Swin"gle*bar`\, n.
A swingletree. --De Quincey.
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Swingled
(gcide) | Swingle \Swin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swingling.] [See Swingel.]
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.
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2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; --
said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.
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Swingletail
(gcide) | Swingletail \Swin"gle*tail`\, n. (Zool.)
The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.
[1913 Webster]Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
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2. (Zool.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes),
remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its
tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is
found both upon the American and the European coasts.
Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
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3. (Zool.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied
species. See Brown thrush.
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Sage thrasher. (Zool.) See under Sage.
Thrasher whale (Zool.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
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swingle-tail
(gcide) | Swingletail \Swin"gle*tail`\, n. (Zool.)
The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.
[1913 Webster]Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
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2. (Zool.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes),
remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its
tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is
found both upon the American and the European coasts.
Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
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3. (Zool.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied
species. See Brown thrush.
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Sage thrasher. (Zool.) See under Sage.
Thrasher whale (Zool.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
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Swingletree
(gcide) | Swingletree \Swin"gle*tree`\, n. [So named in allusion to its
swinging. See Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree.]
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.
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swingletree
(wn) | swingletree
n 1: 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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