Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swaddle"
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) 1.7 (wn)
swaddle
v : wrap in swaddling clothes; of infants [syn: {swathe}]
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