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A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy.

SWINGDEVIL
The European swift.
SWINGE
See SPENSER
SWINGLE
1. To dangle; to wave hanging. Johnson. 2. To swing for pleasure.
SWINGLETREE
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.
CHILDREN
pl. of Child.
SWINGLEBAR
A swingletree. De Quincey.
DIZZY
disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. düsig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. dösig drowsy, slepy, döse to make dull, drowsy, dös
SWINGEING
Huge; very large. Arbuthnot. Byron. -- Swinge"ing*ly, adv. Dryden.
SWINGLING
from Swingle, v. t. Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.
SWING
To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide. 5. To be hanged. D. Webster. To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age
SWINGEBUCKLER
A swashbuckler; a bully; a roiserer. Shak.
SWINGER
One who swings or whirls.
SWINGLETAIL
The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.
SWINGTREE
The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
SWINGEL
The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
BEESWING
The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.
ASWING
In a state of swinging.