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| 3 results for swaddle | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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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. | |
