birch vs swingle

birch

noun
  • A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. 

  • A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. 

  • A birch-bark canoe. 

  • Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere. 

verb
  • To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. 

  • To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. 

swingle

noun
  • The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swiple. 

  • An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch. 

verb
  • To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch. 

  • To dangle; to wave hanging. 

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