swinge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb burn superficially or lightly
    singe.
    • I singed my eyebrows

WordNet

Swinge verb & noun
Definitions
  1. See Singe. Obs. Spenser.
Swinge transitive verb
Etymology
OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Swinged present participle & verbal noun Swingeing
Definitions
  1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
    I had swinged him soundly. Shak.
    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
Definitions
  1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. Obs. Waller.
  2. Power; sway; influence. Obs.

Webster 1913