swaddle

swaddle
    v 1: wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn:
         {swaddle}, {swathe}]
    

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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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.
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            They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces
            of linen.                             --Addison.
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   2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "swaddle":
      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