Swaddling

2 definitions found

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

  Swaddling \Swad"dling\,
     a. & n. from {Swaddle}, v.
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     {Swaddling band}, {Swaddling cloth}, or {Swaddling clout}, a
        band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a
        newborn infant.
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              Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
              lying in a manger.                    --Luke ii. 12.
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