swingle

== English == === Etymology 1 === The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scourge”), equivalent to swing +‎ -le. Related to Middle Dutch swingel, swengel, Dutch zwingel, zwengel. Doublet of swingel. The verb is from Middle English swingelen, from the noun. Related to Middle Dutch swingelen, swengelen. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/, /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəl/ Rhymes: -ɪŋəl, -ɪŋɡəl, -ɪndʒəl ==== Noun ==== swingle (plural swingles) (textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch. The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== swingle (third-person singular simple present swingles, present participle swingling, simple past and past participle swingled) (transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From swing + -le (frequentative suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/ Rhymes: -ɪŋəl, -ɪŋɡəl ==== Verb ==== swingle (third-person singular simple present swingles, present participle swingling, simple past and past participle swingled) To dangle; to wave hanging. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To swing for pleasure. (clarification of this definition is needed) ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SWINGLE”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC. === Anagrams === slewing, swingel