swingling

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English

Verb

swingling

  1. present participle and gerund of swingle

Noun

swingling (plural swinglings)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of beating flax in order to extract the fibres.
    • 1787, The American Museum, Or Universal Magazine:
      [] then lay over these sticks, either a clean old blanket, or, if that be not at hand, a quantity of the swinglings of flax []

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