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English Dictionary: swathing by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swathing
n
  1. cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swathe \Swathe\ (sw[amac][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swathed}
      (sw[amac][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swathing}.] [OE. swathen,
      AS. swe[edh]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.
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