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Swinge
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] Waller.
2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
See Singe. [Obs.] Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.