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(sw), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Swathed (swd); p. pr. & vb. n.Swathing.] [OE. swathen, AS. sweain. 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. 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. スポンサード リンク
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