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swaddling-clouts
ˈswaddling-clouts, n. pl. [See swaddling vbl. n. and clout n.] = prec.1530 Palsgr. 819/2 En maillot, in their swadlyng cloutes. 1550 Harington tr. Cicero's Bk. Friendship (1562) 63 b, That euen as wee came together with them in our swadling cloutes, so we might kepe them compaignie to the windyng sh...
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swathing-clouts
† ˈswathing-clouts, n. pl. Obs. = swaddling-clouts.1375 Creation 763 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 133 A ȝong child..In þe swaþyng cloutis wounde. 1585 Greene Planetom. Wks. (Grosart) V. 69 A disease rooted in women from their swathing cloutes. 1594 Greene & Lodge Looking Gl. (1598) I 4 b, Wrapt i...
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sweddle
▪ I. sweddle, n. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈswɛd(ə)l) Forms: α. 1 suaeðil, suoeðel, sweþil, -el, 4–5 swethel, sueþel, (4 squeþel); β. 5 swedyll, 9 dial. sweddle. [OE. *sweþel:—*swaþil-, f. swaþ- in swaþian to swathe + instrumental suffix (-le). Cf. swaddle and swethe.] = swaddle n. 1.c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hes...
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