1) Blacken 2) Burn superficially or lightly 3) Char 4) Punish 5) Scorch 6) Singe 7) To beat 8) To chastise 9) To lash 10) To move like a lash 11) To singe 12) To strike hard 13) To thrash 
• (v. & n.) See Singe. • (n.) Power; sway; influence. • (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. • (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. • (v. t.) To move as a lash; to lash.
Swinge (swĭnj) v. & noun See Singe . [ Obsolete] Spenser. Swinge noun 1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [ Obsolete] Waller. 2. Power; sway; influence. [ Obsolete] Swinge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Swinged (swĭnjd); present participle & verbal noun Swingeing (swĭnj'ĭng).] [ Middle English swengen , Anglo-Saxon swengan to shake, causative of s...
Swinge was old slang for drink up.
to thrash; punish.