Swathe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] [OE. swathen, AS. sweain. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.]
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.
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Swathe, 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.
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