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A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
A clown; a country bumpkin.
A lump of mass; also, a crowd.
A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
To beat; to cudgel.
The shoveler.
of Swaddle
A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
of Swaddle
a. & n. from Swaddle, v.
To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.
To sink down by its weight; to sag.
A swaying, irregular motion.
A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
A prominent, overhanging belly.
Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous.
See Assuage.