swinging saw

[SWING-SAW.] swing-ing (2), *swindg'-ing, *swinge'-Ing, pr. par. & a. [SWINGE (1), v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj.: Very great; huge, astonishing, sur prising. "A good swingeing agitation against the House of Lords."- Pall Mall Gazette . swing-ing-ly, adv. [English swinging (2); -ly.] Vastly, hugely, greatly. "Yours were but little vanities; but I have sinn'd swing ingly against my vow."-Dryden: A ignation , iii. 3. *Swing-Işm, s. [See def.] The practice of sending threatening letters to farmers, landed proprietors, ., commanding them to give up the use of thrashing-machines, pay higher wages, and the like, threatening the destruction of property if the demands were not complied with. Such letters were common from 1830 to 1833, and were signed Swing or Captain Swing. *swin'-gle (1), v. i. [Eng. swing ; frequent. suff. IMG:content-0696.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To beat, to scutch or clean, as flax, by beating it with a wooden instrument resembling a large knife. 2. To cut off the tops, without pulling up the roots, as weeds. swin-gle, s. [SWINGLE (2), v.] 1. The effective end-piece of a flail; a swiple. 2. An instrument, like a sword, for beating flax; hence the terms, Swingling-knife, Swingling-staff, Swingling-wand. 3. The wooden spoke of the wire-drawing barrel, or the roller of a plate-pre .