To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
A bricklayer's small picklike tool with two cutting edges (or prongs) for dressing stone or cutting and trimming bricks.
The woody fibre of flax or hemp; the refuse of scutched flax or hemp.
A tuft or clump of grass.
A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
To have weight or influence.
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Rule; dominion; control; power.
A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
A rocking or swinging motion.
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side