Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SWINGE, v.t. [swinj; Sax. swingan, supra.]

1. To beat soundly; to whip; to bastinade; to chastise; to punish. You swing'd me for my love. – Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. – Dryden.
2. To move as a lash. [Not in use.] – Milton. [This verb is obsolescent and vulgar.]