| 单词 | swinglehand |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : swingle-handn. > as lemmasswingle-hand 1. A wooden instrument resembling a sword, used for beating and scraping flax or hemp so as to cleanse it of woody or coarse particles; also called swingle-hand, swingle-staff, or swingle-wand, swingling-bat, swingling-knife, or swingling-staff. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > beating > implement for swinglec1325 swingle-stickc1325 swingle-stockc1340 swingle-wandc1340 brakec1450 swingle-hand1483 swindlehanda1500 swingletree?a1500 swingling-stock?a1500 swingle-foot1500 swingling-bat1552 tow-beetle1601 tewtaw1652 swingle-staff1664 swingle-head1677 cataract1693 hemp-beatera1726 hand brake1766 scutcher1766 scutchc1791 swingling-board1819 swingling-hand1825 bott-hammer1839 swingling-post1902 c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 156 Le pesselin, the swingle. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 482/2 Swengyl, for flax or hempe, excudium. ?a1500 (a1475) Wright's Chaste Wife (1869) l. 216 I haue both hempe and lyne..And a swyngyll good and grete. ?a1500 (a1475) Wright's Chaste Wife (1869) l. 388 Sche brought a swyngyll att þe last. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 446 The swingle or scutching tool. 1850 J. Warnes Flax v. Cotton 13 The first blow of the swingle is the commencement of wages. < see also as lemmas |
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