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(), n.[AS. sweil, sweel, fr. sweain 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. 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. スポンサード リンク
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