Also 5 swyngilland, 7 Sc. svinglent, 9 Sc. swinglind. [See prec. and HAND sb. 24 (?).] = SWINGLE sb. 1.

1

c. 1475.  Pict. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 795/12. Hec excudiatorium, a sungyllehand.

2

1483.  Cath. Angl., 375/1. A Swyngylhande (A. Swyngilland).

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1500.  Ortus Vocab., Excudia die, a swyngelhand vel excussorium.

4

1689.  A. Haig, in Russell, Haigs (1881), 479. Half ane stane of heckis, rokis, spindillis, svinglinstokis, svinglentis, vinddillis.

5

1806.  J. Hogg, Poems, 72 (Jam.). They laid sae fast upo’ the boards, The swinglinds gaed like horsemen’s swords.

6

1825.  J. Nicholson, Operat. Mechanic, 420. A long flat straight piece of wood, usually termed a swingle-hand or scotcher.

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