Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..

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Swinglebar :: Swingle (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..
Aswing :: Aswing (adv.) In a state of swinging.
Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..
Swingle :: Swingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swingl.
Pendulate :: Pendulate (v. i.) To swing as a pendulum.
Swipper :: Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..
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.
Swinger :: Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..
Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream..
Dangle :: Dangle (v. t.) To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet..
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..
Scup :: Scup (n.) A swing.
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..
Swingel :: Swingeing (a.) Huge; very large.
Swingling :: Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingl.
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