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Lathe :: Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten..

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

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..

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..

Swingdevil :: Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..

Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..

Swingletail :: Swinglebar (n.) A swingletree.

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..

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

Swingtree :: Swingling () a. & n. from Swingle, v. t..

Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..

Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..

Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate..

Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To move as a lash; to lash.

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages..

Unhang :: Unhang (v. t.) To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate..

Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..

Thresher :: Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark..

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