Swaddle
Pronunciation : Swad"dle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. swe, swe, fr. swe to bind. See Swathe.]
Definition : Defn: Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Swad"dle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Swaddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaddling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913