swing

v. t. 1. To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

They get on ropes, as you must have seen the children, and are swung by their men visitants. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

To swing a door,
gate, etc. (Carp.), to put it on hinges so that it can swing or turn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Swung Archaic imp. Swang p. pr. & vb. n. Swinging. ] [ OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge. Cf. Swagger, Sway, Swinge, Swink. ] 1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To be hanged. [ Colloq. ] D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief. A. V. G. Allen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) [ So named from its swift flight and dark color, which give it an uncanny appearance. ] The European swift. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swinged p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing ] [ OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing. ] 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had swinged him soundly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move as a lash; to lash. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. & n. See Singe. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [ Obs. ] Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power; sway; influence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Huge; very large. [ Colloq. ] Arbuthnot. Byron. -- Swinge"ing*ly, adv. Dryden. [1913 Webster]