SWIN'GLE, v.i. [from swing.] To dangle; to wave hanging.
1. To swing for pleasure. [Not in use.]
SWIN'GLE, v.t. To beat; to clean flax by beating it with a wooden instrument resembling a large knife, and called in New England a swingling knife. Flax is first broke and then swingled.
SWIN'GLE, n. In wire-works, a wooden spoke fixed to the barrel that draws the wire; also, a crank.
