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Definition of Swadle

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.

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.

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.

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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