English-Thai Dictionary

swingle

VI ตี นวด ป่าน หรือ ปอ 

 

swingletree

N คาน ขวาง โยก ระหว่าง อานม้า กับ เกวียน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWINGLE

v.i.[from swing. ] To dangle; to wave hanging. 1. To swing for pleasure. [Not in use. ]

 

SWINGLE

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.

 

SWINGLE

n.In wire-works, a wooden spoke fixed to the barrel that draws the wire; also, a crank.

 

SWINGLED

pp. Beat and cleaned by a swingling knife.

 

SWINGLE-TREE

n.A whiffle-tree or whipple-tree.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWINGLE

Swin "gle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of swing. ]

 

1. To dangle; to wave hanging. [Obs. ] Johnson.

 

2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]

 

SWINGLE

Swin "gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swingling. ]Etym: [See Swingel. ]

 

1. To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.

 

2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds. [Prov. Eng. ] Forby.

 

SWINGLE

SWINGLE Swin "gle, n.

 

Defn: A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; - - called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.

 

SWINGLEBAR

SWINGLEBAR Swin "gle *bar `, n.

 

Defn: A swingletree. De Quincey.

 

SWINGLETAIL

SWINGLETAIL Swin "gle *tail `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

 

SWINGLETREE

Swin "gle *tree `, n. Etym: [So named in allusion to its swinging. See Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree. ]

 

Defn: A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swingle

swin gle |ˈswiNGgəl ˈswɪŋɡl | ▶noun 1 a wooden tool for beating flax and removing the woody parts from it. 2 the swinging part of a flail. ▶verb [ with obj. ] beat (flax ) with such a tool. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Dutch swinghel, from the base of the verb swing .

 

swingletree

swin gle tree |ˈswiNGgəlˌtrē ˈswɪŋɡltri | ▶noun chiefly British term for singletree.

 

Oxford Dictionary

swingle

swin ¦gle |ˈswɪŋg (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a wooden tool for beating flax and removing the woody parts from it. 2 the swinging part of a flail. ▶verb [ with obj. ] beat (flax ) with a swingle. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Dutch swinghel, from the base of the verb swing .

 

swingletree

swingletree |ˈswɪŋg (ə )ltriː | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a crossbar pivoted in the middle, to which the traces are attached in a horse-drawn cart or plough.