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Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business..

Oscillation :: Oscillation (n.) The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration..

Swing :: Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it..

Beeswing :: Beeswing (n.) 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..

Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.

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..

Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..

Swingling :: Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingl.

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

Swythe :: Swung () imp. & p. p. of Swing.

Tow :: Tow (n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle..

Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..

Girt :: Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Swinger :: Swinger (n.) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing..

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

Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..

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

Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

Traversing :: Traversing (a.) Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion..

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