swinge - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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burn superficially or lightly“I singed my eyebrows”Synonyms: singeMore general char, blacken

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Swinge (swĭnj), v. & n.

See Singe. obsolete Edmund Spenser

Swinge transitive verb [past tense & past participle Swinged (swĭnjd); present participle & verbal noun Swingeing (swĭnj′ĭng).]

Origin: 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.— William Shakespeare

And swinges his own vices in his son.— Charles Dryden

2. To move as a lash; to lash. obsolete

Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.— John Milton

Swinge noun

1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. obsolete Edmund Waller

2. Power; sway; influence. obsolete

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54