Swinge (sw&icr;nj), v. & n.
See Singe.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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Swinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (sw&icr;njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (sw&icr;nj"&icr;ng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
1.
To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
I had swinged him soundly.
Shak.
And swinges his own vices in his son.
C. Dryden.
2.
To move as a lash; to lash.
[Obs.]
Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
Milton.
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Swinge, n.
1.
The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
[Obs.]
Waller.
2.
Power; sway; influence.
[Obs.]
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