v. t.
They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. swe&unr_;il, swe&unr_;el, fr. swe&unr_;ain to bind. See Swathe. ] Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. [ 1913 Webster ]
They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The shoveler. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Swaddle, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
Swaddling band,
Swaddling cloth,
Swaddling clout
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. & t. [ See Twattle. ] To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Silly talk; gabble; fustian. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Twaddle, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + swaddle. ] To take a swaddle from; to unswathe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [ R. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, waddles. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a waddling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]