Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise..

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Davit :: Davit (n.) Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits..
Swingled :: Swingle (v. i.) To swing for pleasure.
Guest Rope :: Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Aswing :: Aswing (adv.) In a state of swinging.
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..
Swingling :: Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingl.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Swingle :: Swinger (n.) A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.
Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..
Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter..
Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..
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..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
Tow :: Tow (n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff..
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