SWADDLED

Verb

swaddled

simple past tense and past participle of swaddle

Source: Wiktionary


SWADDLE

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



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