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

swinge \swinge\ swi^nj, v.  n.
   see singe. obs. --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
singe 

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

swinge \swinge\, v. t. imp.  p. p. swinged swi^njd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. swingeing swi^nj"i^ng. oe. swengen,
   as. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. see swing.
   1. to beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
      1913 webster

            i had swinged him soundly.            --shak.
      1913 webster

            and swinges his own vices in his son. --c. dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to move as a lash; to lash. obs.
      1913 webster

            swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
swinged swingeing swing 

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

swinge \swinge\, n.
   1. the sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
      obs. --waller.
      1913 webster

   2. power; sway; influence. obs.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

swinge
     v : burn superficially or lightly; "i singed my eyebrows" syn:
         singe
see also:
singe 

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