Word Meanings - SWINGEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
Related words: (words related to SWINGEL)
- THRASH; THRESH
derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of with a flail; to beat off, - GRAINED
Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers. (more info) 1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough. 2. Dyed in grain; ingrained. Persons lightly dipped, - FLAILY
Acting like a flail. Vicars. - SWINGDEVIL
The European swift. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - SWINGE
See SPENSER - SWINGLE
1. To dangle; to wave hanging. Johnson. 2. To swing for pleasure. - GRAINING
The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt. (more info) 1. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. Locke. 2. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised. 3. Painting - SWINGLETREE
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree. - GRAINY
Resembling grains; granular. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - GRAINER
1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate. 2. A knife for taking the hair off skins. 3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, - THRASHEL
An instrument to thrash with; a flail. Halliwell. - GRAINS
1. See 5th Grain, n., 2 . 2. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1. - SWIPLE
That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel. - GRAINFIELD
A field where grain is grown. - SWINGLEBAR
A swingletree. De Quincey. - 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. - FLAIL
1. An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely. His shadowy flail hath threshed - INGRAIN
1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. 2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet. -- - CROSSGRAINED
1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon. - FELT GRAIN
, the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber. Knight. - MIGRAINE
See A - ROUGH-GRAINED
Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque. - 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. - ENGRAIN
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain. Leaves engrained in lusty green. Spenser. 2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain. The stain hath become engrained by time. Sir W. Scott. 3. To