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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swinge  \Swinge\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Swinged}  (sw[i^]njd);  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Swingeing}  (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).]  [OE.  swengen 
  AS  swengan  to  shake,  causative  of  swingan.  See  {Swing}.] 
  1.  To  beat  soundly;  to  whip;  to  chastise;  to  punish. 
 
  I  had  swinged  him  soundly.  --Shak. 
 
  And  swinges  his  own  vices  in  his  son.  --C.  Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  move  as  a  lash;  to  lash.  [Obs.] 
 
  Swinges  the  scaly  horror  of  his  folded  tail. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swingeing  \Swinge"ing\,  a. 
  Huge;  very  large  [Colloq.]  --Arbuthnot.  --Byron.  -- 
  {Swinge"ing*ly},  adv  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swingeing 
  adj  :  (British)  severe;  punishingly  bad  "swingeing  taxation"; 
  "swingeing  damages  awarded  by  the  judge" 




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