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Swinged vs Singed - What's the difference?

swinged | singed |

As verbs the difference between swinged and singed

is that swinged is (swinge) while singed is (singe).

swinged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (swinge)
  • (nonstandard) (swing)

  • swinge

    English

    Verb

    (d)
  • (obsolete) To singe.
  • (Spenser)
  • (archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
  • * Milton
  • Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
  • (archaic) To strike hard.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I had swinged him soundly.
  • * C. Dryden
  • And swinges his own vices in his son.
  • * Aphra Behn (1640-89) The Feigned Courtesans . This edition: (The plays of) Aphra Behn. Oxford University press 2000. p.233. ISBN 0192834517
  • Sir Feeble: Tis jelousy, the old worm that bites. [To Sir Cautious] Whom is it that you suspect.
    Sir Cautious: Alas I know not whom to suspect, I would I did; but if you discover him, I would swinge him.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A swinging blow.
  • (obsolete) Power; sway; influence.
  • Anagrams

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    singed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (singe)
  • Anagrams

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    singe

    English

    Verb

    (d)
  • To burn slightly.
  • * L'Estrange
  • I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
  • To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
  • To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
  • Synonyms

    * scorch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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