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Waddled
(gcide) | Waddle \Wad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waddling.] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. w[ae]dlian to beg, from
wadan to go. See Wade.]
To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to
the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily
and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child
waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. --Shak.
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She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. --Young.
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Swaddled
(gcide) | Swaddle \Swad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swaddled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swaddling.]
1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with
clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to
swaddle a baby.
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They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces
of linen. --Addison.
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2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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