[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swing \swing\, n.
   1. the act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory
      motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as,
      the swing of a pendulum.
      1913 webster

   2. swaying motion from one side or direction to the other;
      as, some men walk with a swing.
      1913 webster

   3. a line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose,
      upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus
      for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope,
      the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the
      bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the
      bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is
      produced for amusement or exercise.
      1913 webster

   4. influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
      1913 webster

            the ram that batters down the wall,
            for the great swing and rudeness of his poise,
            they place before his hand that made the engine.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter
      of the largest object that can be turned in it.
      1913 webster

   6. free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
      "take thy swing." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            to prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to
            the full swing of his genius.         --burke.
      1913 webster

   full swing. see under full.

   swing beam railway mach., a crosspiece sustaining the car
      body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it
      may have an independent lateral motion.

   swing bridge, a form of drawbridge which swings
      horizontally, as on a vertical pivot.

   swing plow, or swing plough.
      a a plow without a fore wheel under the beam.
      b a reversible or sidehill plow.

   swing wheel.
      a the scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum.
      b the balance of a watch.
          1913 webster
see also:
full swing full swing beam swing bridge swing plow swing plough 
swing wheel 

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