swindge

Verb

swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swinging or swingeing, simple past and past participle swinged)

1. (obsolete) To singe.
   • The scorching flame fore swinged all his face1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
2. (archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
   • Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail.1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 9
3. (archaic) To strike hard.
   • For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
4. (obsolete) To chastise; to beat.
   • O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged. / So, my bones shall be bangedǃ / The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say, / Come away, and be hangedǃa. 1575, unknown author, The Marriage of Wit and Wisdom

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