swingling

Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

2.To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. [1913 Webster]

Swingling \Swin"gling\, a. & n. from Swingle, v. t. [1913 Webster]

Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling. [1913 Webster]