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swingle

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Significado de swingle

n.

Espadelar, mango, espadela.

v. t.

To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.
To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.

Vogais: ie

Consoantes: swngl

Palavras Parecidas

single, shingle, swingel, singly, semiangle, shingly, sniggle, snuggle, suingly, swimmingly.