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A swingletree. De Quincey.

The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

from Swingle, v. t. Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.

The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. "Swinish gluttony." Milton. -- Swin"ish*ly, adv. -- Swin"ish*ness, n.

To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.

A laborer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Sweeny.

The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.

A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.

Affected with thick wind.

a. & n. from Throw, v. Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the…

like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; --called also tiddlywinks. [U. S.]

Same as Tiddledywinks. Kipling.

To labor excessively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

Born at the same birth.

A twist; a convolution. Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. Milton.