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Swathe \Swathe\, n.
A bandage; a band; a swath.
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Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe.
--Addison.
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Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. --Young.
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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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Swathe \Swathe\ (sw[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swathed}
(sw[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swathing}.] [OE. swathen, AS.
swe[eth]ain. See {Swath}, n., and cf. {Swaddle}.]
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
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Their children are never swathed or bound about with
any thing when they are first born. --Abp. Abbot.
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