v. t.
Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. Abp. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A bandage; a band; a swath. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Swath, n. ] (Agric.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath. [ 1913 Webster ]