[frequent. of SWING v.1]
† 1. trans. To swing or flourish about. Obs.
c. 1450. [see SWINGLING vbl. sb.2].
2. intr. To swing; to hang, be suspended. dial.
1755. Johnson, To Swingle, v.n. 1. To dangle; to wave hanging. 2. To swing in pleasure.
1830. Hogg, Greek Pastoral, 15. Where clouds and mountains seem’d to swingle, And Ossa with Olympus mingle.
