swing wheel

Horol.: The balance wheel of a watch. swinge (1), *swindge, v. t. [A. S. swengan = to shake; causal of swing an =to swing (q. v.).] 1. To beat soundly; to thrash, to whip, to chastise. "And that baggage, Beatrix, how I would swinge her if I had her here." -Dryden: Evening's Love, v. *2. To move as a lash; to lash. "The old dragon under ground Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail." Milton: The Hymn, 172 *swinge (2), v . t . [SINGE.] *swinge (1), 8. [SWINGE.] 1. A sweep, as anything in motion. "The shallow water doth her force infringe, And renders vain her tail's impetuous swinge ." Waller: Battle of the Summer Islands, 152. 2. Sway, power, influence. "Many thence hardly would admit God to be concerned in them, but supposed him to commit their conduct to a fatal swindge , or a casual fluctuation of obvious causes."Barrow: Sermons, ser. 23. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; an instrument formerly used for beating flax or hemp, in order to separate the shives or woody parts from the fiber; a scutcher. The proce is now generally carried out by machinery. swingle-tail, subst. A popular name for the thresher shark. Alopius vulpes.