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SWATHED
Verb
swathed
simple past tense and past participle of swathe
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SWATH
Swath, n. Etym: [AS. swa a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. Swathe, v. t.]
1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.
3. A band or fillet; a swathe. Shak. Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]
SWATHE
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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