swinge

/swɪnd͡ʒ/

verb4

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(no longer used) To strike hard.
- For certaine words he spake against your Grace / In your retirment, I had swing'd him soundly. — 1603
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(no longer used) To chastise; to beat.
- O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged. / So, my bones shall be bangedǃ / The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say, / Come away, and be hangedǃ — 1575
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(no longer used) To move like a lash; to lash.
- Th' old Dragon underground / In straiter limits bound, / Not half so far casts his usurped svvay, / And vvrath to see his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the scaly Horrour of his foulded tail. — 1629
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(no longer used) To singe.
- The scorching flame fore swinged all his face — 1590

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swinged · swingeing · swinging · swinges