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Swingle v. t. (past & past part. swingled; pres. part. swingling)

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.

To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; said of weeds. (Prov. Eng.)

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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