swaddle, swathe
(verb) wrap in swaddling clothes; âswaddled the infantâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swaddle (third-person singular simple present swaddles, present participle swaddling, simple past and past participle swaddled)
To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
(archaic) To beat; cudgel.
swaddle (plural swaddles)
Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
• Dewalds, Waddles, dawdles, waddles
Source: Wiktionary
Swad"dle, n. Etym: [AS. swe, swe, fr. swe to bind. See Swathe.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; âthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; âLet them eat cakeââ
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be âdancingâ after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. Thatâs how the first coffee drink was born.
