swingled

When After it has been sufficiently broken, the small shivers must be swingled out, as we swingle Flax.

John Adams diary 9, includes notes and draft essay, 1 - 11 February 1763, [June - July 1763] 1961

There was a tow which came out when it was swingled, called swingle tow.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

If linen was wanted, the flax was sown and weeded, pulled and retted, then broken and swingled, for all of which processes nearly a year was required before the flax was ready for the spinners, bleaching on the grass, and making and wearing.

Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Daniel Wallace [Editor] Culp

The strikes were swingled again, and from the refuse called swingle-tree hurds, coarse bagging could be spun and woven.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

Then it was scutched or swingled with a swingling block and knife, to take out any small particles of bark that might adhere.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881