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Webster 1913 Edition

Swinge

Swinge

(swĭnj)
,
Verb.
&
Noun.
See
Singe
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Swinge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Swinged
(swĭnjd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Swingeing
(swĭnj′ĭng)
.]
[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.
Shakespeare
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.

Swinge

,
Noun.
1.
The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
[Obs.]
Waller.
2.
Power; sway; influence.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Swinge

SWINGE

,
Verb.
T.
swinj.
1.
To beat soundly; to whip; to bastinade; to chastise; to punish.
You swing'd me for my love.
--And swings his own vices in his son.
2.
To move as a lash. [Not in use.]
[This verb is obsolescent and vulgar.]

SWINGE

,
Noun.
swinj. A sway; a swing; the sweep of any thing in motion [Not in use.]

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