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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The coarsest fiber yielded by the stalks of flax. It includes that from which the woody particles cannot be perfectly removed in the process of swingling.
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But when has any one seen a crackle, or a swingling-knife, or a hetchel, or a distaff, and where can one get some tow for strings or for gun-wadding, or some swingling-tow for a bonfire?
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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