Swingling

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of beating flax in order to extract the fibres. countable, uncountable

    "[…] then lay over these sticks, either a clean old blanket, or, if that be not at hand, a quantity of the swinglings of flax […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of swingle form-of, gerund, participle, present

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