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noun
1.
a swipple.
2.
a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
verb (used with object)
3.
to clean (flax or hemp) by beating and scraping with a swingle.
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swingle
"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) + instrumental suffix -le. Or perhaps directly from the O.E. word, with narrowing of sense.
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