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Swathe
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A bandage; a band; a swath. Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. Addison. Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. Young. The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. G. Eliot.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. Abp. Abbot.