swinge

swingeverb/swɪnd͡ʒ/

• 1

  obsoleteTo singe.

  • The scorching flame fore swinged all his face
• 2

  archaicTo 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.
• 3

  archaicTo strike hard.

  • For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly.
  • Sir Fee[ble]. 'Tis—Jealouſie, the old VVorm that bites— [Aſide] VVho is it you ſuſpect? / Sir Cau[tious]. Alas I knovv not vvhom to ſuſpect, I vvou'd I did; but if you cou'd diſcover him—I vvou'd ſo ſvvinge him.—
• 4

  obsoleteTo 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 hangedǃ

swingenoun/swɪnd͡ʒ/

• 1

  archaicA swinging blow.

• 2

  obsoletePower; sway; influence.