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swinge

1   [swinj]
verb (used with object), swinged, swinge·ing. British Dialect.
to thrash; punish.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English swengen to shake, smite, Old English swengan, causative of swingan to swing, or denominative derivative of Old English sweng a blow

Related forms
swing·er  [swin-jer] , noun

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swinge

2   [swinj]
verb (used with object), swinged, swinge·ing.
to singe.
Origin:
1580–90; obscurely akin to singe
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swinge (swɪndʒ)
 
—vb , swinges, swingeing, swinging, swinged
archaic (tr) to beat, flog, or punish
 
[Old English swengan; related to Old Frisian swenga to drench, Gothic afswaggwjan to cause to sway; see swing]

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