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swaddle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swaddle \Swad"dle\, n. [AS. swe?il, swe?el, fr swe?ain to bind. See {Swathe}.] Anything used to swaddle with as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swaddle \Swad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swaddled}; p. pr & vb n. {Swaddling}.] 1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as to swaddle a baby. They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. --Addison. 2. To beat to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: swaddle v : wrap in swaddling clothes; of infants [syn: {swathe}]
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