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Swing :: Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise..

Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

Davit :: Davit (n.) Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits..

Aswing :: Aswing (adv.) In a state of swinging.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..

Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.

Swingtree :: Swingling () a. & n. from Swingle, v. t..

Crust :: Crust (n.) An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing..

Waver :: Waver (v. i.) To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter..

Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..

Swinger :: Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.

Guest Rope :: Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.

Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty..

Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate..

Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.

Swingle :: Swingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swingl.

Swinge :: Swingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swing.

Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..

Pendulum :: Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.

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