1. (n.) Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.

2. (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.

3. (v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.

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