swin|gle

swin|gle
swin|gle «SWIHNG guhl», noun, verb, -gled, -gling.
–n.
1. a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, used for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
2. the striking part of a flail; swiple.
–v.t.
to clean, beat, and scrape (flax or hemp).
[Middle English swingle, Old English swingel a stroke, whip < swingan beat]

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