SWING, SWINGING
ADJECTIVES
..L17 — DINGLE-DANGLE swinging loosely to and fro
1895 — OFF THE TURN ceasing to swing → Sc.
1927 — ASWEE swinging, on the swing → Sc.
NOUNS
..E17 — DINGLE-DANGLE a swinging to and fro; an ornament, etc. that dangles
1662 — SWINGER a swing for recreation → obs.
1703 — SWING-SWANG a swinging to and fro; oscillation
1775 — MERRY-TOTTER — MERRY-TROTTER a swing formed of a rope thrown over a beam → Eng. dial.
1867 — REWTAUTER — REWTRATTER a child’s swing; a cradle → Eng. dial.
1904 — SALLY a swing for children → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — VOLLYDO a swing or merry-go-round → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1939 — GOUNSH a swing → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1350 — WALTER to swing or float to and fro → obs.
1571 — BESWING to swing about; to hang → obs.
1755 — SWINGLE to swing; to hang; to be suspended → Eng. dial.
..19C — DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain → Sc.
1848 — TAKE A CHILD TO BANBURY CROSS to swing a child up and down on one’s foot
1872 — GOUNSH to swing, to bounce → Amer. dial.
1881 — LET THE OLD CAT DIE to let a swing come to a standstill by itself
1900 — DING to take a person by the legs and arms and swing his posteriors against a tree, wall, post, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DING-FART to take a person by the legs and arms and swing his posteriors against a tree, wall, post, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — REW to swing as children do → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — QUEAGLE to seesaw; to oscillate; to swing backwards and forwards, crouching down on the heels in a sitting posture → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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