2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
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