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Webster 1913 Edition

Swaddling

Swad′dling

,

Adj.

&

Noun.

from

,

Verb.

Swaddling band

,

Swaddling cloth

, or

Swaddling clout

,

a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant.

Ye shall find the babe wrapped in

swaddling clothes

, lying in a manger.

Luke ii. 12.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swaddling

SWAD'DLING

,

ppr.

Swathing; binding in tight clothes.