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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
apparel, array, attire, band, bandage, bedeck, bedrape, belt, bend, bind, bind up, box, brace, bundle, bundle up, case, chain, cinch, clothe, crate, deck, dight, do up, drape, dress, dud, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, garb, garment, gird, girdle, girt, girth, habilitate, invest, lace, lap, lash, leash, muffle up, pack, package, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, rope, sheathe, shroud, smother, splice, strap, surround, swathe, sweet, tie, tie up, tire, truss, wire, wrap, wrap about, wrap up
Dictionary Results for swaddle:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
swaddle
    v 1: wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn:
         swaddle, swathe]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swaddle \Swad"dle\, n. [AS. swe?il, swe?el, fr. swe?ain to bind.
   See Swathe.]
   Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a
   swaddling band.
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         They put me in bed in all my swaddles.   --Addison.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swaddle \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.
      [1913 Webster]

            They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces
            of linen.                             --Addison.
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   2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
      [1913 Webster]

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