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SWATHE
swathe, wrapping
(noun) an enveloping bandage
swaddle, swathe
(verb) wrap in swaddling clothes; “swaddled the infant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
swathe (plural swathes)
A bandage; a band
Etymology 2
Verb
swathe (third-person singular simple present swathes, present participle swathing, simple past and past participle swathed)
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers
Etymology 3
Noun
swathe (plural swathes)
(chiefly British) Alternative spelling of swath
Anagrams
• Wheats, saweth, wheats
Source: Wiktionary
Swathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] Etym: [OE. swathen, AS. swe. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.]
Definition: To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. Abp. Abbot.
Swathe, n.
Definition: A bandage; a band; a swath. Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. Addison. Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. Young. The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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