Swingling

Some of the door locks have been adjusted tight-as-hell to keep the unlocked door from swingling open on a tope or bad curve. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Women, breaking and swingling this necessary Article. ❋ Unknown (1963)

I helped with the breaking and swingling, until all the harsh part of the stalk was gone, and ran it through the hatcheling comb to take out the short fibers. ❋ Unknown (1949)

After that he would swingle it over a swingling-board, with a long knife; then he made it into hands of flax. ❋ Various (N/A)

How clearly I remember Father working with it in the bright, sharp March days, breaking it, then swingling it with a long wooden sword-like tool over the end of an upright board fixed at the base in a heavy block. ❋ Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 (1922)

The flax-dresser with the shives, fibres, and dirt of flax covering his garments, and his face begrimed with flax-dirt has disappeared; the noise of his brake and swingling knife has ended, and the boys no longer make bonfires of his swingling tow. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

Then it was scutched or swingled with a swingling block and knife, to take out any small particles of bark that might adhere. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

Many farm implements other than those already named were made, and many portions of tools and implements; among them were shovels, swingling-knives, sled-neaps, stanchions, handles for spades and bill-hooks, rake-stales, fork-stales, flails. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

But when has any one seen a crackle, or a swingling-knife, or a hetchel, or a distaff, and where can one get some tow for strings or for gun-wadding, or some swingling-tow for a bonfire? ❋ John Burroughs (1879)

Following the dog, approached the jolly-faced father of Margaret from the barn, where he had been swingling flax; his hat, face, and clothes were dangling and netted with tow and whitish down, but you could see him laugh through the veil; and the glow of his red face would make you laugh. ❋ Unknown (1851)

Dimly seen in the corners of the room are baskets in which are packed hands of flax from the barn, where, under the flax-brake, the swingling-knife and coarse hackle, the shives and swingling tow have been removed by the men; to-morrow the more deft manipulations of the women will prepare these bunches of fibre for the little wheel, and granny will card the tow into bats, to be spun into tow yarn on the big wheel. ❋ Various (N/A)

Dimly seen in the corners of the room are baskets in which are packed hands of flax from the barn, where, under the flaxbrake, the swingling knives and the coarse hackle, the shives and swingling tow have been removed by the men; to-morrow the more deft manipulations of the women will prepare these bunches of fiber for the little wheel, and granny will card the tow into bats, to be spun into tow yarn on the big wheel. ❋ Agnes Rothery (N/A)

At a party last night, I [swingled] so hard that I discovered a link between [the Assasination] of [Archduke] Ferdinand and a Hot Carl. ❋ A Longtime Friend/mentor/victim (2005)

We met a lot of hot [swingles] at [the last] [lifestyle party]. ❋ Stormdude (2007)

"I went out with [Alex] and [Sam] last night! [I love] being swingle!" ❋ Cassie G (2007)

[Look at that] swingle it is like he [flew] right [past] us. ❋ Smitty134 (2010)

I told him about a new Czech beer I tried last night and began Swingling his own experiences in [Prague] and drinking fermented [eskimo] piss with Laplanders. No one want to hear you [Swingle] about your trip to Vegas, we all know what happens there. ❋ Beer Vampire (2005)

Is he here with [someone]? No he's [swingle]. ❋ Yro002003 (2011)

"I searched the personal ads for "[swingles]", and found "[no strings]" sex very quickly". "I hear that place is turning into a "swingles" bar, where everybody inside is looking to just "hook up"". "I'm tired of trying to get a good man for an [LTR]...I think I will just try the "swingles" scene for awhile, and have some fun". ❋ Vic Vegas (2008)

Rob broke the ‘[couples only]’ rule when he showed up at [the orgy]. He was going as a [swingle]. ❋ Sheldon Trollope (2018)

My date was awful, in her photo she looked [curvy] and 25 but she turned out to be 100 [lbs] larger and 10 years older. I was [swingled] yet again. ❋ Jzzstud (2011)

"i just broke up with bob, i'm [ridin] the [swingles] bus [at last]!" ❋ Carlos866 (2006)