swingle bar

A Swingle-tree (q. v.). swingle-staff, swingling-staff, swingling IMG:content-0697.png:[blocks in formation] "They bear the swinge in common affayres."- Win chester. On True Obedience (To the Reader). (3) Free course; abandonment to any motive; unrestrained liberty or license. "A man has perhaps for a long time took the full swing of his voluptuous humor, wallowed in all the pleasures of sensuality." -South : Sermons , vol. vi., ser. 1. *(4) Unrestrained tendency; natural bent or inclination. "Where the swing goeth, there follow, fawn, flatter, laugh, and lie lustily at other men's liking."-Ascham: Schoolmaster. II. Technically : 1. Lathe : The distance from the head-center of a lathe to the bed or ways, or to the rest. The swing determines the diametric size of the object which is capable of being turned in the lathe; anything larger would interfere with the bed. This limit is the plate flat against the face of the file. swing-tree, s. 1. A vibrating-beam, as a working-beam. 2. A swingle-tree (q. v.).