swinge

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swinged p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing ] [ OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing. ] 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had swinged him soundly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move as a lash; to lash. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [ Obs. ] Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power; sway; influence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Huge; very large. [ Colloq. ] Arbuthnot. Byron. -- Swinge"ing*ly, adv. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

n. [ AS. swingele whip, scourge. See Swing. ] The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who swinges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

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