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SWADDLING
Etymology
Verb
swaddling
present participle of swaddle
Noun
swaddling (countable and uncountable, plural swaddlings)
The practice of wrapping infants in clothing that restricts movement.
Clothing of this kind.
Anagrams
• dawdlings, waddlings
Source: Wiktionary
Swad"dling, a. & n.
Definition: from Swaddle, v. Swaddling band, Swaddling cloth, or Swaddling clout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke ii. 12.
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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