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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Sweddell-binding,) Swathel-binding, n. [Late ME swadel bynd(e (1467); Sweddel(l v.] = Swedling clouts n. (pl.). —Urquhart Rabelais ii xiv 99.
I swadled him in a scurvie swathel-binding
