swaddling

  • 81Investment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Investment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 investment investment Sgm: N 1 covering covering &c. 223 Sgm: N 1 dress dress clothing raiment drapery costume attire guise toilet …

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  • 82Restraint — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Restraint >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 restraint restraint Sgm: N 1 hindrance hindrance &c. 706 Sgm: N 1 coercion coercion &c.(compulsion) 744 Sgm: N 1 cohibition cohibition constraint repression …

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  • 83swaddle — c.1300, probably a frequentative form of O.E. swaþian (see SWATHE (Cf. swathe)). Related: Swaddled; swaddling. Phrase swaddling clothes is from Coverdale (1535) translation of Luke ii:7 …

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  • 84swaddle — swad•dle [[t]ˈswɒd l[/t]] v. dled, dling, n. 1) to bind (a newborn infant) with swaddling clothes to prevent free movement 2) to wrap (anything) round with bandages 3) a long, narrow strip of cloth used for swaddling • Etymology: 1375–1425; late… …

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  • 85κατασπαργανοῦσι — κατασπαργανόω wrap in swaddling clothes pres part act masc/neut dat pl (attic ionic) κατασπαργανόω wrap in swaddling clothes pres ind act 3rd pl (attic ionic) …

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  • 86plural form — noun the form of a word that is used to denote more than one • Syn: ↑plural • Ant: ↑singular (for: ↑plural) • Members of this Usage Domain: ↑relation, ↑ …

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  • 87swad|dle — «SWOD uhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. –v.t. 1. to wrap (a baby) with long, narrow strips of cloth. 2. to bind (anything) tightly with clothes, bandages, or other wrapping; envelop; swathe. 3. Figurative. to restrict the action of (any person or… …

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  • 88Bambino — Bam*bi no (b[aum]m*b[=e] n[ o]), n.; It. pl. { ni}. [It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali zein, bambai nein, to chatter.] 1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes. [Webster …

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  • 89Bantling — Bant ling, n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. b[ a]ntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. {Bastard}, n.] A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] [1913… …

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  • 90Enswathe — En*swathe , v. t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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