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Definition of: swaddle
(swod′l) v.t. ·dled, ·dling
To wrap with a bandage; especially, to wrap (an infant) with a long strip of linen or flannel; swathe.
—noun A swaddling band. [OE swæthel swaddling clothes, a bandage <swathian swathe]
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