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.
