swingen.1
/swɪndʒ/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 1. Sway, power, rule, authority, influence: esp. to have or bear swinge, the (full, whole, chief)or all the swinge, etc. Obsolete.† 2. † b. of, at one's own swinge: said of a person being entirely his own master. Obsolete.† 3. Impetus, impulse, driving power (of something non-physical, as passion, will, etc.); inclination; drift, tendency. of one's own swinge: of one's own free choice, of one's own accord, spontaneously. Obsolete.† 4. Impetus (of motion); impetuous or forcible sweeping or whirling movement. Obsolete.† 5.
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society > authority > [noun]
doomc1000
strengthOE
obediencea1225
bandon?c1225
mastery?c1225
authority1340
bailliec1380
obeisancea1393
baila1400
mastership?a1425
jurisdictionc1425
masterdomc1475
reformation1523
maistrice1526
swinge1531
potentness1581
obey1584
masterfulnessa1586
prevailance1592
covert1596
magistrality1603
command1608
magistery1642
magisteriality1646
sway1765
tenure1871
1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John 21 (1538) 83 Yf in .x. paryshes rounde ther be not one learned and discrete to helpe the other, then the deuell hath a greate swynge amonge vs, that the byshops officers that dwel so farre of, must abuse vs as they do.
1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition 16 The euyl be mo in nombre, they bere the swynge.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clj She bare the whole swynge, as the strong oxe doth, when he is yoked in the plough with a pore silly asse.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 150 An oligarchie: where some few beare all the swinge.
1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles iv. 33 The Sadduces..did then beare the chiefe swindge.
1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 37 The Antwerpians..in all the Marts, & Faires in Dutchland, bare the chiefest swindge.
1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois i. sig. B1 When Glory, Flatterie, and smooth applauses of things ill, Vphold th' inordinate swindge of downe-right power.
1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. E2v What wise man..But must confesse that fortunes swinge is more Ore that profession, then all kinds else Of life pursu'd by man.
1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence ii. ii. sig. D4v This is the man that carries The sway, and swinge of the Court.
a. Freedom of action, free scope, licence; liberty to follow one's inclinations: = swing n.2 5. to have or take one's swinge, to give (a person or thing, oneself) swinge. Obsolete.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity
roomeOE
leisure1303
libertyc1425
free chase1467
scope1534
roomtha1540
swinge1542
swing1584
blank charter1593
freedom1623
field1639
play1641
free agencya1646
range1793
expatiationa1848
leaveway1890
open slather1919
headroom1932
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xvi. sig. H.ivv Sensuall appetyde muste haue a swynge, all these thinges notwith[st]andynge.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 17v Shooting hath two Tutours..the one called Daye light, ye other Open place, whyche .ii. keepe shooting from euyl companye, and suffers it not to haue to much swinge.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. viii. 130 Youth they say must haue his swinge.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. viii. 254 He began to giue the full swindge to his lawlesse and vnruly desires.
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades v. 617 For whose sake I will lose the raynes, and giue mine anger swindge.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxii. 597 That then~streight bed Is sowre to that swindge, in which she was bred.
1631 G. Chapman Warres Pompey & Caesar ii. i. 12 I had able means, And spent all in the swinge of lewd affections.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G4/2 I'll have my swindge upon thee.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. xxiii. 233 By preferring the full swindge of the Animal life before the orderly Pleasures..of the Divine.
1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit i. 11 I am perswaded the bounds of his Land have been the utmost extent of his travel; except since his Parents death, he has given himself a swinge to some Race, or Fair.
1687 tr. Sallust (1692) 8 A savage sort of People, living at their full swinge of Liberty and Licence.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > independent [phrase] > one's own master or mistress
of, at one's own swinge1536
sui juris1587
at one's own hand1619
1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 322 That he shulde rule of his owne swynge, so as noon of us durste advise him to the contrary.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 290 In his lustie yeares, he is at his own swinge.
1663 J. Heath Flagellum 4 His Father dying soon after and leaving him to his swinge.]
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the mind > will > free will > [adverb]
freelyeOE
wilfullyc1000
by one's willOE
of oneselfOE
self-willesOE
of one's own willOE
willyOE
with one's willc1175
voluntarilyc1374
wilfulc1380
of one's own heada1393
willea1400
willilya1400
of (free) voluntyc1402
of or at one's (own) voluntyc1402
of one's own motion1419
of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill?a1425
on one's own heada1425
of (also by, on, upon) one's own accorda1450
activelyc1454
willinglyc1475
voluntary1480
liberallya1500
of one's own swinge1548
voluntariously1550
voluntarlyc1568
for favour1574
at voluntary1585
of, out of, upon, or at (a person's) own voluntary1585
selfly1595
motu proprio1603
ultroneously1627
unimposedly1647
spontaneously1660
needlessly1710
unmechanically1764
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun]
kinda1200
disposingc1380
disposition1393
aptc1400
hieldc1400
remotiona1425
inclination?a1439
incliningc1450
taste1477
intendment1509
benta1535
swing1538
approclivity1546
aptness1548
swinge1548
drift1549
set1567
addiction1570
disposedness1583
swaya1586
leaning1587
intention1594
inflection1597
inclinableness1608
appetite1626
vogue1626
tendency1628
tendence1632
aptitude1633
gravitation1644
propension1644
biasing1645
conducement1646
flexure1652
propendency1660
tend1663
vergencya1665
pend1674
to have a way of1748
polarity1767
appetency1802
drive1885
overleaning1896
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates
prickleOE
pritchOE
alighting1340
brodc1375
bellowsc1386
pricka1387
motivec1390
prompting1402
preparativec1450
stirmentc1460
incentive?a1475
fomenta1500
farda1522
instigation1526
pointing1533
swinge1548
spur1551
whetstone1551
goad1567
promptitude1578
alarm1587
inducement1593
solicitor1594
incitement1596
inflammation1597
instance1597
excitement1604
moving spirit1604
heart-blood1606
inflamer1609
rouser1611
stimulator1614
motioner1616
incensivea1618
incitative1620
incitation1622
whettera1625
impulsivea1628
excitation1628
incendiary1628
dispositive1629
fomentationa1631
switch1630
stirrer1632
irritament1634
provocative1638
impetus1641
driving force1642
driving power1642
engagement1642
firer1653
propellant1654
fomentary1657
impulse1660
urgency1664
impeller1686
fillip1699
shove1724
incitive1736
stimulative1747
bonus1787
stimulus1791
impellent1793
stimulant1794
propulsion1800
instigant1833
propulsive1834
motive power1836
evoker1845
motivity1857
afflatus1865
flip1881
urge1882
agent provocateur1888
will to power1896
a shot in the arm1922
motivator1929
driver1971
co-driver1993
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxvi They of their awne swynge pacefied them selfes, and beganne to turne to their..naturall liege lorde.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. 28 He rushed not furth of his owne swinge to preache.
a1555 R. Hutchinson Faithful Declar. Christes Supper (1560) iii. sig. Kjv As long as they folowe the wyld swynge of their youth.
a1618 J. Sylvester Christian's Conflict 87 The swinge of custome (whirl-wind-like) Rapting my Passion.
1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 105 He goes on with an high hand and a stiffe neck, and is carried with a swinge, as a ship under full saile.
1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 80 He follows the swinge of the times.
a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 411 Ascribing them to the meer conduct and agency of visible causes, hurried by a necessary swindge.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 86 in Trav. Persia The great ones following his example give themselves the liberty to follow the swinge of their own Arbitrary Wills.
1804 J. Jebb Let. 24 Jan. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) I. 95 What greater punishment..can there be, than to be given up, by God, to the swinge of a man's own lusts.
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the world > movement > [noun] > force of movement
coursec1330
swough1338
swayc1374
birra1382
feezec1405
impetc1440
radeur1477
ravina1500
sweight1513
bensela1522
swinge1583
impetus1656
motive power1702
impulse1715
momentum1740
impulsion1795
send1890
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > whirling > an act of
whirl?a1505
reel?1572
swinge1583
whirligig1589
wirble1848
1583 H. Howard Defensatiue sig. Liijv As we see that barges which are forced by the strength of oares, haue a kinde of gate or swinge when the stroke of dooth cease.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 12 In the swindge of his trident, he constituted two Lord admirals ouer the whole nauy of England.
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) iv. 74 A thynke me fallinge & avoyde my swindge.
1618 T. D. Canaans Calamitie sig. F3v The Romaines full of hot reuenge,..Troopt to the Temple, with a mighty swinge.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica To Rdr. sig. a iijv Whirled on by the swindge and rapt of the one [wheel] . View more context for this quotation
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 247 The swindge or circling motion of the arm in shaking the sistrum.
1696 V. Alsop God in Movnt 9 They have been heaving with all their strength to roll it away, and when they have hoped they were just turning it over,..it has come upon them with the greater swinge.
a. The lashing (of a tail). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > the lashing of
swinge1627
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) i. 225 When his Tailes swindge has made him hot,..He [sc. a lion] roares from his wide throat.
c1640 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands iii. 22 The shallow water doth her force infringe, And renders vain her tail's impetuous swinge.
b. gen. A stroke, blow. dialect.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow
dintc897
swengOE
shutec1000
kill?c1225
swipc1275
stroke1297
dentc1325
touchc1325
knock1377
knalc1380
swapc1384
woundc1384
smitinga1398
lush?a1400
sowa1400
swaipa1400
wapc1400
smita1425
popc1425
rumbelowc1425
hitc1450
clope1481
rimmel1487
blow1488
dinga1500
quartera1500
ruska1500
tucka1500
recounterc1515
palta1522
nolpc1540
swoop1544
push1561
smot1566
veny1578
remnant1580
venue1591
cuff1610
poltc1610
dust1611
tank1686
devel1787
dunching1789
flack1823
swinge1823
looder1825
thrash1840
dolk1861
thresh1863
mace-blow1879
pulsation1891
nosebleeder1921
slosh1936
smackeroo1942
dab-
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 414 Swinge, a blow.
6. A leash for hounds. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > [noun] > leash for hounds
leasha1300
couplec1400
lyamc1400
coupling1607
dog couple1649
swingea1661
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 221 A Gentleman of this County, being to let slip a brace of Grey-hounds, to run for a great wager..so held them in the Swinge, that they were more likely to strangle themselves then kill the Hare.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Swinge, a leash or couple by which hounds are led.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
swingen.2
A singe. Apparently inferred in dictionaries erroneously from the following passage, where the word is swing n.2 8.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [noun] > singeing
swealingc1410
singeingc1440
swingea1640
singe1658
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaav/1 If to feed Vultures hereafter the halter Has done his part, or if there be a Hell, To take a swindge or two there [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
swingev.1
/swɪndʒ/ 1. † b. figurative. To chastise, castigate; to pay out, serve out. Obsolete.† c. ? To pillory (figurative). Obsolete. rare.† d. To bear heavily upon. Obsolete. rare.† e. slang. = swive v. See also quot. 1699.
a. transitive. To beat, flog, whip, thrash. †Also with off. archaic or dialect.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge
swingc725
scourc1386
whipc1386
lash1398
bescourgea1400
swaipa1400
flail14..
belash1458
stripec1460
leash1503
flagelle1551
swingea1556
breech1573
lace1599
flagellate1623
slash1631
chawbuck1682
innocentize1708
swepe1710
belace1736
screenge1787
yedder1818
stock-whip1852
rawhide1858
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iv. sig. D.jv I will rather haue my cote twentie times swinged, Than on the naughtie wag not to be auenged.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 222 Hee was roiotous, wild and wanton: in so much as his father swindged him well and soundly for it.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 109 If they denie to come, Swinge me them soundly forth vnto their husbands. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 288 Saint George that swindg'd the Dragon. View more context for this quotation
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iii. xiii. 85 These sad Ceremonies they also used in Peru, where they swinged themselves with stinging Nettles, and struck themselves over the shoulders with hard stones.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew I Swing'd him off, I lay'd on and beat him well-favoredly.
1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 24 I would so swinge and leather my lambkin.
1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 216 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes She's swingein thro' the city!
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 293 We have swinged them as far as the Abbey-Gate.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 232 I swinged him soundly in a moment and made all his back smart.
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society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment
thewc1175
castea1200
chaste?c1225
amendc1300
chastyc1320
chastise1362
corrigec1374
correct1377
scourgec1384
disple1492
orderc1515
nurturec1520
chasten1526
whip1530
discipline1557
school1559
swinge1560
penance1580
disciple1596
castigatea1616
to serve out1829
1560 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique Prol. Hauyng been thus swinged, and restrained of libertie.
1636 Wentworth in Carte Ormonde (1735) III. 5 The proof was once clear,..and he a spirit that will deserve well to be swinged into the knowledge of himself and the duty he owes the state.
1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon i. ii. 8 Jupiter can swinge you off; if you swear by him, and are forsworn.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 279 This very Rev'rend Letcher..swinges his own Vices in his Son.
1710 Dublin Examiner 26 Dec. The Printer..brought along with him a Bundle of those Papers, which in the Phrase of Whig Coffee-houses have Swinged off the Examiner.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Oct. (1948) II. 384 One Boyer, a French dog, has abused me..: the secretary promises me to swinge him.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [verb (transitive)] > subject or expose to ignominy
bauchle1488
swinge1546
prostitute1613
post1642
gibbet1646
pillory1699
1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.viiv When they katche any thynge that soundeth to the contrarie, it shall not escape soo we warant you it shalbe swynged in euery pulpite, with this is the kynges graciouse wyl.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict
heavyc897
narroweOE
overlayOE
overseamOE
twingea1300
to weigh downa1340
grieve1340
besit1377
oppressc1384
foila1400
thringa1400
empressc1400
enpressc1400
aska1425
press?a1425
peisea1450
straita1464
constraina1500
overhale1531
to grate on or upon1532
wrack1562
surcharge1592
to lie heavy uponc1595
to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595
to sit on ——1607
to sit upon ——1607
gall1614
bear1645
weight1647
obsess1648
aggrieve1670
swinge1681
lean1736
gravitate1754
weigh1794
1681 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 96 The innkeeper..swinged them in their reckoneing most abominably, makeing them pay five times the price for every thing they had.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > have venereal disease [verb (intransitive)]
to be shot between wind and water1620
swingea1640
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with > specifically of a man
jape1382
overliec1400
swivec1405
foilc1440
overlay?a1475
bed1548
possess1592
knock1598
to get one's leg over1599
enjoy1602
poke1602
thrum1611
topa1616
riga1625
swingea1640
jerk1650
night-work1654
wimble1656
roger1699
ruta1706
tail1778
to touch up1785
to get into ——c1890
root1922
to knock up1934
lay1934
pump1937
prong1942
nail1948
to slip (someone) a length1949
to knock off1953
thread1958
stuff1960
tup1970
nut1971
pussy1973
service1973
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Llv/2 Give her cold jelly To take up her belly, And once a day swinge her again.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Xxx3/2 To Swinge off,..Il se dit aussi dans un Sens Venerien.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew He is Swing'd off, damnably Clapt.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off
swap?1507
swingea1529
drink1535
uphalec1540
toss1568
trill off?1589
snapa1592
to toss offa1592
to turn down1593
to top off1598
drain1604
to take off1613
outdrinka1631
whip1639
swoop1648
epote1657
to fetch off1657
ebibe1689
fetch1691
to tip off1699
to sweep off1707
tip1784
to turn over1796
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 568 She swynged vp a quarte At ones.
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 48 And cleane they swinge of euery cup.
1649 J. Taylor Wandering 7 Mine Host swing'd off halfe a pot to me.
3. To cut down with a scythe. dialect.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut down
fellOE
mowOE
sweepa1300
undercuta1382
swinge1573
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > reap or mow a crop > mow with scythe
moweOE
swinge1573
cradle1746
skim1831
scythe1892
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 50 Swinge brimbles & brakes.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 318 Swinge, 2. To cut the nettles, &c. from hedges to make them neat.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > flourish or brandish
shakec1000
stirc1275
wagc1300
brandisha1340
flourishc1384
swinga1400
swinglec1450
ruffle?1562
sweak1567
vambrash1577
sway1590
swinge1605
to fetch about1609
wave1609
wheel1617
evibrate1654
the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > wag tail
fawna1400
waga1425
swinge1605
swish1799
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 205 The Lyon..often swindging with his sinnewie traine, Somtimes his sides, somtimes the dustie Plaine.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 248 Th' Aire corrupteth soone, except With sundry Winds it be oft swing'd and swept.
1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter v. iv. L j b When I was a Scholler in Padua, faith then I could haue swingd a sword and a buckler.
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xviii, in Poems 9 Th' old Dragon under ground..Swindges the scaly Horrour of his foulded tail.
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society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > have authority over
lordshipc1350
maistriec1400
mastera1425
manc1426
overlordshipc1460
domine1481
to carry the sway of1549
overmastera1557
command1575
swinge1593
monarch1600
dominate1611
dominion1647
dominate1870
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 12 Had not affection otherwhiles swinged their reason, where reason should haue swayed their affection.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > as (on) a wheel
turnOE
swinga1225
wheelc1374
to turn abouta1382
overwhelmc1440
swinge1548
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Roto,..to tourne a thyng lyke a whiele, to swynge about.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Ff.iij Like a whiele that longe swynged about with violence [etc.].
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. viii. 50 Their Sayles [sc. of windmills], that are swinged about by the Winde.
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Ccc2/1 Swinged, or turned about, roué, tourné en rouë.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > be inclined [verb (intransitive)] > do as one wishes
pleasec1350
choosec1400
to be at one's choice1569
swinge1613
1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois i. sig. B1 To what will this declining Kingdome turne, Swindging in euery license.
Compounds
In combination with a noun in objective relation.† swinge-bow n. Obsolete (see 1e).† swinge-buckler n. Obsolete = swashbuckler n. Obsolete.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lecher
lecherc1175
lechererc1380
router1531
twigger1573
luxur1604
bitch-hunter1611
whorehopper1664
swinge-bow1675
tomcat1884
chippy chaser1887
alley cat1911
lech1943
stoata1960
shark1981
1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 83 Is the old Letcher A Swinge-bow of so high renown, A Wench can't sooner take him down?
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person
jettera1400
flirdom?a1500
facerc1500
termagant1508
rutterkina1529
bellomy1535
bystour1535
roister1549
swash1549
rush-buckler1551
roisterkin1553
swashbuckler1560
dash-buckler1567
swinge-buckler?1577
whiffler1581
huff-snuff1582
swish-swash1582
fixnet1583
swag1588
swasher?1589
kill-cow1590
roister-doister1592
dagger1597
flaunting Fabian1598
tisty-tosty1598
huff-cap1600
swaggerer1600
burgullian1601
huff-muff1602
tear-cat1606
blusterer1609
wag-feather1611
wind-cutter1611
bilbo-lorda1625
tearer1633
cacafuegoa1640
bravado1643
Hector1655
scaramouch1662
swashado1663
huffer1664
bluster-mastera1670
Drawcansir1672
bully huff1673
huff1674
belswagger1680
valienton1681
blunderbuss1685
Draw can bully1698
bouncer1764
Bobadil1771
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hufty1847
bucko1883
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 51 If these and such lyke lawes were executed iustlye..there woulde not be so many..Blasphemers, and Swinge Buckelers.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 20 You had not foure such swinge-bucklers in all the Innes a court againe. View more context for this quotation
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swingev.2
/swɪndʒ/ Now dialect and U.S.
transitive. To singe, scorch.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > slightly or superficially
singe1340
rostle1440
sing1543
swinge1590
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > scorch
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bristle1483
scorch1511
birsle1513
sparch1532
scrimplea1572
bescorch1582
scorch1602
sizzle1603
fry1695
char1805
Phrygianize1836
swinge1844
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L2v The scorching flame sore swinged all his face.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 150 To haue his haire swinged off with straw.
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Swinge, to singe. North.
1844 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Courtship (ed. 2) xxiv. 185 I don't think I ever did see things jest sprawled out and swinged up so with the sun..before. [In various dial. glossaries, northern, west-midland, and south-western.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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