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Meanings of
swingling
in English
Russian
трепание
Portuguese
espadelar
Spanish
agramar
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Process of separating and cleaning vegetable fiber before spinning.
scutching
Russian
трепание
Synonyms
Examples for "
scutching
"
scutching
Examples for "
scutching
"
1
The particles of woody matter adhering to the fibers are detached by
scutching
.
2
The next operations consist of "breaking,"
"
scutching
,
"
and "hackling" and are now done by machinery.
3
Before the fibers are entirely free from the woody part of the plant they undergo the processes of beating, breaking,
scutching
,
hackling, etc.
4
Inspecting, Burling and Trimming, Bleaching, Washing,
Scutching
,
Drying.
Usage of
swingling
in English
1
After that he would swingle it over a
swingling
-
board
,
with a long knife; then he made it into hands of flax.
2
But they both knew he took a certain secret joy from
swingling
wildly all about, making the shadows spin and skirl.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
swingle wildly
Translations for
swingling
Russian
трепание
Portuguese
espadelar
Spanish
agramar
espardar
Swingling
through the time