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swingle

Swingle is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.
(v. i.) To swing for pleasure.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
(n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife about two feet long with one thin edge used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife swingling staff and swingling wand.
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