SWAD'DLE, v.t. 1. To swathe; to bind, as with a bandage; to bind tight with clothes; used generally of infants; as, to swaddle a child. They swaddled me in my night-gown.2. To bat; to cudgel. [Low and not in use.]SWAD'DLE, n. Clothes bound tight around the body. They put me in bed in all my swaddles.
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