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swathe |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swathe \Swathe\ (sw[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swathed} (sw[=a][th]d); p. pr & vb n. {Swathing}.] [OE. swathen, AS swe[eth]ain. See {Swath}, n., and cf {Swaddle}.] To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. --Abp. Abbot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swathe \Swathe\, n. A bandage; a band; a swath. Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. --Addison. Milk and a swathe, at first his whole demand. --Young. The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. --G. Eliot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: swathe n : an enveloping bandage [syn: {wrapping}] v : wrap in swaddling clothes; of infants [syn: {swaddle}]
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