1 gen 1634 anni - swingle-stock

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The swingle was a sword-like implement used in the dressing of flax and hemp and it gave rise toboth a verb and an adjective (OED); the ‘stock’ was a wooden board on which the fibres were beaten. 1579 <i>iij swingle stockes</i>, South Cave (Kaner109); 1581 <i>payd for spynnyng swynglyn towe</i>, Stockeld (YRS161/45); 1634 <i>a pair of garnewingle blades and stocke and a swingle stocke</i>, Elmswell (DW234).

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