1implementagriculturalswingle, wooden blade used for beating and cleansing flax:
(
1235-55;
MS: s.xivin
)
Vus devet a vostre pessel
(M.E. swyngelstok) Une escugere de futh fyn
(M.E. swyngle of tre) De escuger vostre lyn
(M.E. to swyngle þi flax)
337
2implement
agriculturalrippling-comb, coarse comb to remove seeds and seedpods from flax or hemp:
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1382
)
Pessel, escujour et rupere
(M.E. Swangulstoke, riplingcombe, swyngilwande)
544
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[escuchour] (1235-55)