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Webster 1913 Edition


Swinge

Swinge

(swĭnj)
,
Verb.
&
Noun.
See
Singe
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Swinge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Swinged
(swĭnjd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Swingeing
(swĭnj′ĭng)
.]
[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.
Shakespeare
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.

Swinge

,
Noun.
1.
The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
[Obs.]
Waller.
2.
Power; sway; influence.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Swinge

SWINGE

,
Verb.
T.
swinj.
1.
To beat soundly; to whip; to bastinade; to chastise; to punish.
You swing'd me for my love.
--And swings his own vices in his son.
2.
To move as a lash. [Not in use.]
[This verb is obsolescent and vulgar.]

SWINGE

,
Noun.
swinj. A sway; a swing; the sweep of any thing in motion [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


swinge

swinge

English

Verb

swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swinging, simple past swinged or swonge, past participle swinged or swongen) (forms with o are obsolete)

  1. (obsolete) To singe.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
  2. (archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
    • Milton
      Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
  3. (archaic) To strike hard.
    • Shakespeare
      I had swinged him soundly.
    • C. Dryden
      And swinges his own vices in his son.
    • Aphra Behn (1640-89) The Feigned Courtesans. This edition: (The plays of) Aphra Behn. Oxford University press 2000. p.233. ISBN 0192834517
      Sir Feeble: Tis jelousy, the old worm that bites. [To Sir Cautious] Whom is it that you suspect.
      Sir Cautious: Alas I know not whom to suspect, I would I did; but if you discover him, I would swinge him.
  4. (obsolete) To chastise; to beat.
    • The marriage of Wit and Wisdom (1579)
      O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged.
      So, my bones shall be bangedǃ
      The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say,
      Come away, and be hangedǃ

Related terms

Noun

swinge (plural swinges)

  1. (archaic) A swinging blow.
  2. (obsolete) Power; sway; influence.

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