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

Swinge"buc`kler (?), n. A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer. [Obs.]

Shak.

Swinge"ing, a. Huge; very large. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot. Byron. --

Swinge"ing*ly, adv. Dryden.

Swin"gel (?), n. [AS. swingele whip, scourge. See Swing.] The swinging

part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.

Swing"er (?), n. One who swings or whirls.

Swin"ger (?), n. 1. One who swinges.

2. Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Herrick.

Swin"gle (?), v. i. [Freq. of swing.] 1. To dangle; to wave hanging.

[Obs.] Johnson.

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