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.]
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