2. Verb. (third-person singular of swathe) ¹
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Definition of Swathes
1. swathe [v] - See also: swathe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swathes
Literary usage of Swathes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgical After-treatment by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been
considered the proper thing to recommend that a fitted abdominal swathe be ..."
2. Surgical after-treatment: a manual of the conduct of surgical convalescence by Le Roi Goddard Crandon (1910)
"... CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been
considered the proper thing to recommend that a. fitted abdominal swathe ..."
3. Practical Bandaging, Including Adhesive and Plaster-of-paris Dressings by Eldridge Lyon Eliason (1914)
"swathes.—Are merely wide pieces of cloth that are used to go around a part, and
are fastened with pins. ..."
4. The Horseless Age (1896)
"... and unless he swathes his legs in many garments, and wears boots of uncommon
proportions, it is impossible to keep his feet warm or his knees dry. ..."
5. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"... The deer has sought the brake; The small birds will not sing aloud, The
springing trout lies still, 380 So darkly glooms yon thunder cloud, That swathes ..."
6. Surgical After-treatment by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been
considered the proper thing to recommend that a fitted abdominal swathe be ..."
7. Surgical after-treatment: a manual of the conduct of surgical convalescence by Le Roi Goddard Crandon (1910)
"... CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been
considered the proper thing to recommend that a. fitted abdominal swathe ..."
8. Practical Bandaging, Including Adhesive and Plaster-of-paris Dressings by Eldridge Lyon Eliason (1914)
"swathes.—Are merely wide pieces of cloth that are used to go around a part, and
are fastened with pins. ..."
9. The Horseless Age (1896)
"... and unless he swathes his legs in many garments, and wears boots of uncommon
proportions, it is impossible to keep his feet warm or his knees dry. ..."
10. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"... The deer has sought the brake; The small birds will not sing aloud, The
springing trout lies still, 380 So darkly glooms yon thunder cloud, That swathes ..."
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