Usually means: Beating flax to separate fibers.
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  1. swingling: Merriam-Webster
  2. swingling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. swingling: Wordnik
  4. swingling: Wiktionary
  5. Swingling, swingling: Dictionary.com
  6. Swingling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. swingling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Swingling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. swingling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. swingling: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Swingling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (countable, uncountable) The act or process of beating flax in order to extract the fibres.

Similar:
swingling tow, swingel, strickle, strick, spinning, heckling, filature, lapping, swingstock, moulinage, more...

Opposite:
swingle-less, unswingled, unprocessed

Phrases:
swingling tow, swingling knife, swingling staff, more...

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Similar:
swingling tow, swingel, strickle, strick, spinning, heckling, filature, lapping, swingstock, moulinage, more...

Opposite:
swingle-less, unswingled, unprocessed

Phrases:
swingling tow, swingling knife, swingling staff, more...



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