swathen.

Brit.

/sweɪð/, U.S.

/sweɪð/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s swaith, swath.

Etymology: Old English *swæþ (?), swaþ- , only in dative plural swaþum ; for related forms see swathe v., swethe v., swaddle n., sweddle n.

1. A band of linen, woollen, or other material in which something is enveloped; a wrapping; sometimes, a single fold or winding of such; also collective singular.

a. gen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun]

swathec1050

blood benda1250

blood bandc1300

bondc1384

whip1504

trusser1519

swath-band1556

swaddlea1569

winding band1582

deligature1583

ligation1598

bandage1599

fettle1599

ligament1599

selvage1599

swathe1615

swaddlings1623

anadesm1658

fasciation1658

girt1676

platysma1684

flannels1723

fillet1802

sealing1862

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > a swathing

sindon1577

swathe1598

swathing-band1615

swathing1652

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 484/17 Institis, in swaþum. [Gloss on John xi. 44.]

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Banda..a skarfe or a swathe.

1666 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 88 3 crevetts, 4 swaiths, 2 handkercheifs.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. iii. 373 The Handle, adorned with fine Straws laid along the sides, and lap'd round about it, in several distinct Swaths.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶7 Long Pieces of Linnen, which they folded about me till they had wrapt me in above an hundred Yards of Swathe.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iii. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 79 A cap..made of thick swaths.

1818 J. Keats Prophecy 21 Though the linen that will be Its swathe, is on the cotton tree.

1911 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lighter Side Irish Life vii. 159 Young men masked and disguised with swathes of straw tied over their clothes.

†b. singular and plural. An infant's swaddling-bands. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for children > for a baby > swaddling clothes

sweddlec725

cloutc1175

wind-cloutc1175

swaddlebandc1200

swath-bandsc1315

swath-cloutsc1325

sweddle-cloutc1325

clothesc1340

swathing-clouts1375

swathing-clothesa1382

cradle-band1398

swaddling-banda1400

sweddle-banda1400

swaddle-bind1467

swathing-banda1500

swaddling-clouts1530

swaddling-clothes1535

swaddle1538

swathe1565

sweilling clais1567

swaddle-belt1592

bandel1598

swaddlings1623

swaddle-binding1653

roller1656

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Crepundia..the first apparayle of children, as, swathes,..and such lyke.

1580 Accts. of Thomas Fermor in Archæol. Jrnl. (1851) 8 186 Y^e other daughter to be pictured [on the side of the Tomb] as dieinge in y^e cradle or swathes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 253 Had'st thou like vs from our first swath proceeded.

1646 M. Lluelyn Men-miracles 98 Thou that in Conquests didst thy Non~age bathe, And like Alcides combate in thy Swathe.

1743 R. Blair Grave 10 Like new-born Infant wound up in his Swathes.

1788 Ann. Reg. 1786 Misc. Ess. 125/1 The new-born feeble being is not there swaddled and filletted up in a swathe.

c. A surgical bandage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun]

swathec1050

blood benda1250

blood bandc1300

bondc1384

whip1504

trusser1519

swath-band1556

swaddlea1569

winding band1582

deligature1583

ligation1598

bandage1599

fettle1599

ligament1599

selvage1599

swathe1615

swaddlings1623

anadesm1658

fasciation1658

girt1676

platysma1684

flannels1723

fillet1802

sealing1862

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια Pref. 1 Engines, Swathes, Ties, Bands and Ligatures, described by Hippocrates.

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 162 Swaths, which are either of leather..or of wollen.

1724 J. Douglas in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 85 I turn'd a swath a little broader than the Patient's Hand once round him.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iii. 46 My limping gait, and this bewitching swathe about my head.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 376 Strips of lint..may be laid along the..swelling..and covered with the flannel swathe as before.

2. transferred.

a. A natural formation constituting a wrapping; †a covering membrane, integument; an object that enwraps something, as a cloud.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun]

rimeOE

hameOE

skina1398

caul1398

shrine1398

tunicle1398

panniclea1400

pelliculea1400

slougha1400

membrane?a1425

pellicle?a1425

pellet?1440

enfolder1545

kell1545

involucre1578

skinlet1598

striffena1612

swathe1615

veil1639

tunic1661

swath-band1668

involucruma1676

wall1682

panniculus1702

theca1807

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping > that which or one who > an enveloping medium

mantleeOE

bathc1386

middle1570

swathe1615

medium1664

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 191 The outward coate inuesting the kidneyes which is commonly called fascia or the swath.

1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. x. 98 These Swaiths and Membranes burst and break naturally.

1871 Daily News 19 Aug. Grey swathes of cloud still hung about the hills.

1880 R. Browning Pan & Luna 49 The downy swathes [of cloud about the moon] combine.

1891 G. Meredith Eng. before Storm in Poems iv When..high in swathe of smoke the mast Its fighting rag outrolled.

†b. = list n.³ 6(b), listel n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > fluting > fillet

fillet1473

stria1563

orloa1652

swathe1673

orle1706

platband1728

striga1771

1673 Moxon tr. Barozzio Vignola 22 The nether Band or Swathe of the Column.

1673 Moxon tr. Barozzio Vignola 58 The upper Torus, or Swathe.

c. figurative. Something that restricts or confines like a swaddling-band.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which

fetterOE

shackle?c1225

cagec1300

chainc1374

to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380

corda1382

gablea1555

obligation1582

hamper1613

tethera1628

girdlea1630

confiner1654

trammela1657

cramp1719

swathe1864

tie1868

lockstep1963

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which

fetterOE

shackle?c1225

cagec1300

chainc1374

to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380

corda1382

gablea1555

obligation1582

manacle1587

hamper1613

tethera1628

girdlea1630

confiner1654

trammela1657

cramp1719

swathe1864

tie1868

1864 Spectator 31 Dec. 1500 Tied up helplessly in tight swathes of ignorance.

1906 Spectator 3 Feb. 176/1 Within the swathes and fetters of civilisation.

Compounds

† swathe-fish n. Obsolete the ribbonfish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of genus Cepola (ribbon-fish)

shelp1553

swathe-fish1668

riband fish1751

serpent-fish1753

snake-fish1796

ribbonfish1798

red snakefish1823

red bandfish1828

band-fish1836

red ribbon fish1838

onion-fish1854

red ribbon1858

tape-fish1885

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of family Regalecidae (oar-fish)

shelp1553

swathe-fish1668

riband fish1751

ribbonfish1798

sea-serpent1851

oarfish1860

tape-fish1885

paddlefish1953

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 126 Tænia..the Swath-fish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swathev.

Brit.

/sweɪð/, U.S.

/sweɪð/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s swath.

Etymology: late Old English swaþian , < swaþ: see swathe n.

a. transitive. To envelop in a swathe or swathes; to wrap up, swaddle, bandage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe

swathe11..

foldc1394

swethec1440

swaddlec1522

sweela1583

enswathe1609

furl1712

mummify1863

cocoon1880

11.. MS. Cott. Vesp. D. 14 in Kluge Angelsächs. Lesebuch 73 Heo hine baðede..and frefrede and swaðede and roccode.

13.. Bonaventura's Medit. 974 Marye, with a swote cloute, Swaþed here sones hede all aboute.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11236 Suche cloþes as she had to honde wiþ suche she swaþed [Vesp. suedeld, Gött. swetheled; c1460 Laud swathid] him & bonde.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 78 Swathe [v.r. swethe] a tender vyne in bondes softe.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Fascior.., to swathe a chylde.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bander..to bind, swaddle, swath, tye with bands.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 408 From their Infancy their Feet are kept swathed up with bands.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. li. 319 I have seen poor Babies roll'd and swath'd, ten or a dozen times round, then Blanket upon Blanket, Mantle upon that.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 306 I found my arms swathed down—my feet tied.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 251 His legs stretched out before him, and swathed up with flannel.

1863 J. Tyndall Heat i. 6 Two glasses are swathed thickly round with listing, to prevent the warmth of the hands from reaching the mercury.

1892 K. Tynan in Speaker 3 Sept. 290/1 In the winter [the roses] were swathed in cocoanut fibre and sacking.

b. Said of the swathe or wrapping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe > serve as a swathing for

swathe1856

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax II. vii. 148 The showiest of cambric kerchiefs swathing him up to the very chin.

1909 Daily Graphic 4 Oct. 13/2 This scarf-like trimming also swathes the high toques of pleated velvet.

c. To wrap round something, as or like a swathe or bandage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe > a bandage, sash, etc.

swathe1656

bind1710

turban1822

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 163 The second band laid on they swathe with fewer rollings.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller iv. 279 He..had a red belt or sash swathed round his body.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 145 I can swathe a bandage too, although no surgeon.

1909 Daily Graphic 4 Oct. 13/1 [To] wear their hair swathed round their heads à la Récamier.

2. transferred and figurative. To envelop or surround as with a wrapping; to enwrap, enfold; †to encircle so as to confine or restrain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]

pena1200

bebar?c1225

loukc1275

beshuta1300

parc1300

to shut in1398

to close inc1400

parrockc1400

pinc1400

steekc1400

lock?a1425

includec1425

key?a1439

spare?c1450

enferme1481

terminea1500

bebay1511

imprisona1533

besetc1534

hema1552

ram1567

warda1586

closet1589

pound1589

seclude1598

confine1600

i-pend1600

uptie1600

pinfold1605

boundify1606

incoop1608

to round in1609

ring1613

to buckle ina1616

embounda1616

swathe1624

hain1636

coopa1660

to sheathe up1661

stivea1722

cloister1723

span1844

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium

belapc1175

take?a1300

wrapa1382

environa1393

enumberc1400

involvea1420

enfoldc1425

bewrapa1430

mantlec1450

envelop1474

enwrap1545

imply1590

circumvolve1607

circumfuse1608

becloaka1618

swathe1624

gird1645

wrap1656

velope1722

steep1798

bathe1816

cloak1818

impall1852

atmosphere1881

kirtle1888

1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant Sect. xviii. N 4 b Who is't that tames the raging of the Seas, And swathes them vp in mists, when-e're he please?

1692 Bp. E. Hopkins Disc. Providence in Expos. Lord's Prayer 276 Who hath swathed in the great and proud Ocean, with a Girdle of Sand.

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 527 [God] swathes about the swelling of the deep, That shines and rests, as infants smile and sleep.

1809 T. De Quincey in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) I. vii. 145 My cottage..being swathed about by a little orchard.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. xxxv. 528 In that brief time she had swathed her name in the horrid epithet which will cling to it for ever.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxi. 145 The Riffelberg was swathed in a dense fog.

1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. vi. 141 The mists that swathed the primeval chaos.

1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xv. 308 The water swathed their stems with coolness and freshness.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 43 Dim-lettered texts from the Holy Word; But all in the damp moss swathed and bound.

3. To make into sheaves. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > make into sheaves or bundles

sheaf1506

sheave1579

bottle1611

swathe1611

wad1677

gripa1722

tipple1799

tuffle1799

windle1808

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Iavelé, swathed, or made into sheaues.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Iaveler, to swathe, or gauel corn; to make it into sheaues, or gauells.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	swathe
释义	swathen. Brit. /sweɪð/, U.S. /sweɪð/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s swaith, swath. Etymology: Old English swæþ (?), swaþ-* , only in dative plural swaþum ; for related forms see swathe v., swethe v., swaddle n., sweddle n. 1. A band of linen, woollen, or other material in which something is enveloped; a wrapping; sometimes, a single fold or winding of such; also collective singular. a. gen. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] swathec1050 blood benda1250 blood bandc1300 bondc1384 whip1504 trusser1519 swath-band1556 swaddlea1569 winding band1582 deligature1583 ligation1598 bandage1599 fettle1599 ligament1599 selvage1599 swathe1615 swaddlings1623 anadesm1658 fasciation1658 girt1676 platysma1684 flannels1723 fillet1802 sealing1862 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > a swathing sindon1577 swathe1598 swathing-band1615 swathing1652 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 484/17 Institis, in swaþum. [Gloss on John xi. 44.] 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Banda..a skarfe or a swathe. 1666 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 88 3 crevetts, 4 swaiths, 2 handkercheifs. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. iii. 373 The Handle, adorned with fine Straws laid along the sides, and lap'd round about it, in several distinct Swaths. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶7 Long Pieces of Linnen, which they folded about me till they had wrapt me in above an hundred Yards of Swathe. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iii. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 79 A cap..made of thick swaths. 1818 J. Keats Prophecy 21 Though the linen that will be Its swathe, is on the cotton tree. 1911 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lighter Side Irish Life vii. 159 Young men masked and disguised with swathes of straw tied over their clothes. †b. singular and plural. An infant's swaddling-bands. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for children > for a baby > swaddling clothes sweddlec725 cloutc1175 wind-cloutc1175 swaddlebandc1200 swath-bandsc1315 swath-cloutsc1325 sweddle-cloutc1325 clothesc1340 swathing-clouts1375 swathing-clothesa1382 cradle-band1398 swaddling-banda1400 sweddle-banda1400 swaddle-bind1467 swathing-banda1500 swaddling-clouts1530 swaddling-clothes1535 swaddle1538 swathe1565 sweilling clais1567 swaddle-belt1592 bandel1598 swaddlings1623 swaddle-binding1653 roller1656 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Crepundia..the first apparayle of children, as, swathes,..and such lyke. 1580 Accts. of Thomas Fermor in Archæol. Jrnl. (1851) 8 186 Y^e other daughter to be pictured [on the side of the Tomb] as dieinge in y^e cradle or swathes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 253 Had'st thou like vs from our first swath proceeded. View more context for this quotation 1646 M. Lluelyn Men-miracles 98 Thou that in Conquests didst thy Non~age bathe, And like Alcides combate in thy Swathe. 1743 R. Blair Grave 10 Like new-born Infant wound up in his Swathes. 1788 Ann. Reg. 1786 Misc. Ess. 125/1 The new-born feeble being is not there swaddled and filletted up in a swathe. c. A surgical bandage. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] swathec1050 blood benda1250 blood bandc1300 bondc1384 whip1504 trusser1519 swath-band1556 swaddlea1569 winding band1582 deligature1583 ligation1598 bandage1599 fettle1599 ligament1599 selvage1599 swathe1615 swaddlings1623 anadesm1658 fasciation1658 girt1676 platysma1684 flannels1723 fillet1802 sealing1862 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια Pref. 1 Engines, Swathes, Ties, Bands and Ligatures, described by Hippocrates. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 162 Swaths, which are either of leather..or of wollen. 1724 J. Douglas in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 85 I turn'd a swath a little broader than the Patient's Hand once round him. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iii. 46 My limping gait, and this bewitching swathe about my head. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 376 Strips of lint..may be laid along the..swelling..and covered with the flannel swathe as before. 2. transferred. a. A natural formation constituting a wrapping; †a covering membrane, integument; an object that enwraps something, as a cloud. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun] rimeOE hameOE skina1398 caul1398 shrine1398 tunicle1398 panniclea1400 pelliculea1400 slougha1400 membrane?a1425 pellicle?a1425 pellet?1440 enfolder1545 kell1545 involucre1578 skinlet1598 striffena1612 swathe1615 veil1639 tunic1661 swath-band1668 involucruma1676 wall1682 panniculus1702 theca1807 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping > that which or one who > an enveloping medium mantleeOE bathc1386 middle1570 swathe1615 medium1664 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 191 The outward coate inuesting the kidneyes which is commonly called fascia or the swath. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. x. 98 These Swaiths and Membranes burst and break naturally. 1871 Daily News 19 Aug. Grey swathes of cloud still hung about the hills. 1880 R. Browning Pan & Luna 49 The downy swathes [of cloud about the moon] combine. 1891 G. Meredith Eng. before Storm in Poems iv When..high in swathe of smoke the mast Its fighting rag outrolled. †b. = list n.³ 6(b), listel n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > fluting > fillet fillet1473 stria1563 orloa1652 swathe1673 orle1706 platband1728 striga1771 1673 Moxon tr. Barozzio Vignola 22 The nether Band or Swathe of the Column. 1673 Moxon tr. Barozzio Vignola 58 The upper Torus, or Swathe. c. figurative. Something that restricts or confines like a swaddling-band. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 lockstep1963 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 manacle1587 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 1864 Spectator 31 Dec. 1500 Tied up helplessly in tight swathes of ignorance. 1906 Spectator 3 Feb. 176/1 Within the swathes and fetters of civilisation. Compounds † swathe-fish n. Obsolete the ribbonfish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of genus Cepola (ribbon-fish) shelp1553 swathe-fish1668 riband fish1751 serpent-fish1753 snake-fish1796 ribbonfish1798 red snakefish1823 red bandfish1828 band-fish1836 red ribbon fish1838 onion-fish1854 red ribbon1858 tape-fish1885 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of family Regalecidae (oar-fish) shelp1553 swathe-fish1668 riband fish1751 ribbonfish1798 sea-serpent1851 oarfish1860 tape-fish1885 paddlefish1953 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 126 Tænia..the Swath-fish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). swathev. Brit. /sweɪð/, U.S. /sweɪð/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s swath. Etymology: late Old English swaþian , < swaþ: see swathe n. 1. a. transitive. To envelop in a swathe or swathes; to wrap up, swaddle, bandage. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe swathe11.. foldc1394 swethec1440 swaddlec1522 sweela1583 enswathe1609 furl1712 mummify1863 cocoon1880 11.. MS. Cott. Vesp. D. 14 in Kluge Angelsächs. Lesebuch 73 Heo hine baðede..and frefrede and swaðede and roccode. 13.. Bonaventura's Medit. 974 Marye, with a swote cloute, Swaþed here sones hede all aboute. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11236 Suche cloþes as she had to honde wiþ suche she swaþed [Vesp. suedeld, Gött. swetheled; c1460 Laud swathid] him & bonde. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 78 Swathe [v.r. swethe] a tender vyne in bondes softe. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Fascior.., to swathe a chylde. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bander..to bind, swaddle, swath, tye with bands. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 408 From their Infancy their Feet are kept swathed up with bands. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. li. 319 I have seen poor Babies roll'd and swath'd, ten or a dozen times round, then Blanket upon Blanket, Mantle upon that. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 306 I found my arms swathed down—my feet tied. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 251 His legs stretched out before him, and swathed up with flannel. 1863 J. Tyndall Heat i. 6 Two glasses are swathed thickly round with listing, to prevent the warmth of the hands from reaching the mercury. 1892 K. Tynan in Speaker 3 Sept. 290/1 In the winter [the roses] were swathed in cocoanut fibre and sacking. b. Said of the swathe or wrapping. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe > serve as a swathing for swathe1856 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax II. vii. 148 The showiest of cambric kerchiefs swathing him up to the very chin. 1909 Daily Graphic 4 Oct. 13/2 This scarf-like trimming also swathes the high toques of pleated velvet. c. To wrap round something, as or like a swathe or bandage. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe > a bandage, sash, etc. swathe1656 bind1710 turban1822 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 163 The second band laid on they swathe with fewer rollings. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller iv. 279 He..had a red belt or sash swathed round his body. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 145 I can swathe a bandage too, although no surgeon. 1909 Daily Graphic 4 Oct. 13/1 [To] wear their hair swathed round their heads à la Récamier. 2. transferred and figurative. To envelop or surround as with a wrapping; to enwrap, enfold; †to encircle so as to confine or restrain. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] pena1200 bebar?c1225 loukc1275 beshuta1300 parc1300 to shut in1398 to close inc1400 parrockc1400 pinc1400 steekc1400 lock?a1425 includec1425 key?a1439 spare?c1450 enferme1481 terminea1500 bebay1511 imprisona1533 besetc1534 hema1552 ram1567 warda1586 closet1589 pound1589 seclude1598 confine1600 i-pend1600 uptie1600 pinfold1605 boundify1606 incoop1608 to round in1609 ring1613 to buckle ina1616 embounda1616 swathe1624 hain1636 coopa1660 to sheathe up1661 stivea1722 cloister1723 span1844 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium belapc1175 take?a1300 wrapa1382 environa1393 enumberc1400 involvea1420 enfoldc1425 bewrapa1430 mantlec1450 envelop1474 enwrap1545 imply1590 circumvolve1607 circumfuse1608 becloaka1618 swathe1624 gird1645 wrap1656 velope1722 steep1798 bathe1816 cloak1818 impall1852 atmosphere1881 kirtle1888 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant Sect. xviii. N 4 b Who is't that tames the raging of the Seas, And swathes them vp in mists, when-e're he please? 1692 Bp. E. Hopkins Disc. Providence in Expos. Lord's Prayer 276 Who hath swathed in the great and proud Ocean, with a Girdle of Sand. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 527 [God] swathes about the swelling of the deep, That shines and rests, as infants smile and sleep. 1809 T. De Quincey in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) I. vii. 145 My cottage..being swathed about by a little orchard. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. xxxv. 528 In that brief time she had swathed her name in the horrid epithet which will cling to it for ever. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxi. 145 The Riffelberg was swathed in a dense fog. 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. vi. 141 The mists that swathed the primeval chaos. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xv. 308 The water swathed their stems with coolness and freshness. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 43 Dim-lettered texts from the Holy Word; But all in the damp moss swathed and bound. 3. To make into sheaves. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > make into sheaves or bundles sheaf1506 sheave1579 bottle1611 swathe1611 wad1677 gripa1722 tipple1799 tuffle1799 windle1808 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Iavelé, swathed, or made into sheaues. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Iaveler, to swathe, or gauel corn; to make it into sheaues, or gauells. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see also also refers to : swathswathen.¹ also refers to : swathswathen.² < n.c1050v.11.. see also
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