swinge

verb

1. (obsolete)To singe.

   “The scorching flame fore swinged all his face”

2. (archaic)To move like a lash; to lash.

   “Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail.”

3. (archaic)To strike hard.

   “For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly.”

   “Sir Fee[ble]. 'Tis—Jealouſie, the old VVorm that bites— [Aſide] VVho is it you ſuſpect? / Sir Cau[tious]. Alas I knovv not vvhom to ſuſpect, I vvou'd I did; but if you cou'd diſcover him—I vvou'd ſo ſvvinge him.—”

   “And ſwinges his own Vices in his Son.”

4. (obsolete)To chastise; to beat.

   “O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged. / So, my bones shall be bangedǃ / The porridge pot is stolenː what, Lob, say, / Come away, and be hangedǃ”

noun

1. (archaic)A swinging blow.
2. (obsolete)Power; sway; influence.