Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

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Swing :: Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
Swingel :: Swingeing (a.) Huge; very large.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
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..
Slam :: Slam (v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams..
Swing :: Swing (n.) To be hanged.
Swingeing :: Swinged (imp. & p. p.) of Swing.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it..
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
Pendulate :: Pendulate (v. i.) To swing as a pendulum.
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..
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..
Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Swinged :: Swinge (v. & n.) See Singe.
Swingletail :: Swinglebar (n.) A swingletree.
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..
Swipper :: Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
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