Swaddle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           They put me in bed in all my swaddles.   --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces
              of linen.                             --Addison.
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     2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swaddle
       v : wrap in swaddling clothes; "swadddle the infant" [syn: {swathe}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "swaddle":
     apparel, array, attire, band, bandage, bedeck, bedrape, belt, bend,
     bind, bind up, box, brace, bundle, bundle up, case, chain, cinch,
     clothe, crate, deck, dight, do up, drape, dress, dud, embox,
     embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe,
     enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, garb, garment, gird, girdle,
     girt, girth, habilitate, invest, lace, lap, lash, leash, muffle up,
     pack, package, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, rope, sheathe, shroud,
     smother, splice, strap, surround, swathe, sweet, tie, tie up, tire,
     truss, wire, wrap, wrap about, wrap up