Definition of swing

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Swinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swin.

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Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..
Swingling :: Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingl.
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
Swingle :: Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Evener :: Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast..
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business..
Swing :: Swing (n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum..
Swinged :: Swinge (v. & n.) See Singe.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
Oscillating :: Oscillating (a.) That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Pendulum :: Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
Swing :: Swing (n.) To be hanged.
Swingel :: Swingeing (a.) Huge; very large.
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
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