5. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
6. Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency. "Take thy swing." Dryden. To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius. Burke. Full swing. See under Full. — Swing beam (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion. — Swing bridge, a form of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot. — Swing plow, or Swing plough. (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow. — Swing wheel. (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch.
SWINGDEVIL Swing"dev`il, n. (Zoöl.) Etym: [So named from its swift flight and dark color, which give it an uncanny appearance.]
Defn: The European swift. [Prov. Eng.]
SWINGE
Swinge (swînj), v. & n.
Defn: See Singe. [Obs.] Spenser.
SWINGE
Swinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (swînjd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Swingeing (swînj"îng).] Etym: [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake,
causative of swingan. See Swing.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden.
2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton.
SWINGE
Swinge, n.