3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.
Swaddle
(Swad"dle) n. [AS. sweil, sweel, fr. sweain to bind. See Swathe.] Anything used to swaddle
with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
They put me in bed in all my swaddles.
Addison. Swaddle
(Swad"dle), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swaddled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaddling ]
1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; — used esp. of infants; as, to
swaddle a baby.
They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen.
Addison. 2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Swaddlebill
(Swad"dle*bill`) n. (Zoöl.) The shoveler. [Local, U.S.]
Swaddler
(Swad"dler) n. A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley.
Swaddling
(Swad"dling) a. & n. from Swaddle, v.
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. Swag
(Swag) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging ] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja
to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway.]
1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. Sir H. Wotton.
I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
Palsgrave. Swag
(Swag), n.
1. A swaying, irregular motion.
2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] Charles Reade.
Swag-bellied
(Swag"-bel`lied) a. Having a prominent, overhanging belly. Shak.
Swagbelly
(Swag"bel`ly) n.
1. A prominent, overhanging belly. Smollett.
2. (Med.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous. Dunglison.
Swage
(Swage) v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaging ] [Equiv. to suage, abbrev.
fr. assuage.] See Assuage. [Obs.]
