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swingle-wand
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.
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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.
swingle-wand
swingle-wand n.
Brit. 
/ˈswɪŋɡlwɒnd/
, /ˈswɪŋɡlwɒnd/U.S. /ˈswɪŋɡ(ə)lˌwɑnd/
= swingle n.1 1./ˈswɪŋɡ(ə)lˌwɑnd/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
c1340Swyngilwande [see swingle-stock n.].
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Swingle-wand, the instrument with which flax is swingled.
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