beat+with+a+swingle

  • 1swingle — I. n. Swingle staff, swingling staff, swingling knife, swingling wand. II. v. a. Dress with a swingle (as flax), beat with a swingle …

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  • 2swingle — noun 1》 a wooden tool for beating flax and removing the woody parts. 2》 the swinging part of a flail. verb beat with a swingle. Origin ME: from MDu. swinghel, from the base of swing …

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  • 3Swingle — Swin gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swingled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swingling}.] [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. [1913 Webster] 2. To beat… …

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  • 4swingle — instrument for beating flax, early 14c., from M.Du. swinghel swingle for flax, cognate with O.E. swingel beating, stick to beat, from swingan to beat, strike, whip (see SWING (Cf. swing)) + instrumental suffix le. Or perhaps directly from the O.E …

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  • 5Swingled — Swingle Swin gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swingled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swingling}.] [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. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 6Swingling — Swingle Swin gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swingled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swingling}.] [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. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 7A cappella — Numerous titles redirect here. For other uses, see A cappella (disambiguation). A cappella (Italian for in the manner of the church or in the manner of the chapel [1]) music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a… …

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  • 8East Coast Swing — (ECS) is a form of social partner dance that evolved from the Lindy Hop with the work of the Arthur Murray dance studios in the 1940 scite web|url=http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/swing.htm|title=Swing History origins of Swing… …

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  • 9Mariah Carey — This article is about the singer. For her self titled album, see Mariah Carey (album). Mariah Carey …

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  • 10Sheryl Crow — For the English singer, see Cheryl Cole. Sheryl Crow Background information Birth name Sheryl Suzanne Crow Born …

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