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Search phrase: swath

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym I.i.59I'th' swathing-clothes the other, from their nurseryI'th'swathing cloathes, the other from their Nursery
HamletHam II.ii.382out of his swaddling clouts.out of his swathing clouts.
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.112Thrice hath this Hotspur, Mars in swaddling clothes,Thrice hath the Hotspur Mars, in swathing Clothes,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.253Hadst thou, like us from our first swath, proceededHad'st thou like vs from our first swath proceeded,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.v.25Fall down before him, like the mower's swath:Fall downe before him, like the mowers swath;
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.142state without book and utters it by great swathes; the State without booke, and vtters it by great swarths. The

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.49 Enswathed and sealed to curious secrecy. Enswath'd and seald to curious secrecy.

Glossary

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attiredwrapped, clothed, swathed
enswathetie up, bind together
foldhide, swathe, wrap up
lapwrap, swathe, enfold, clad
swaddling cloutsQ1, Q2 alternative to 'swathing clothes'
swarthswathe, strip, chunk
swathswathing in infant clothes, swaddling-clothes
swathswathe, sweep of a scythe
swathing-clothesswaddling clothes, cloths for wrapping round a new-born baby

Thesaurus

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infant clothes, swathing in swath
swathefold
swathelap
swatheswarth
swatheswath
swathedattired
swathing in infant clothesswath

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CLOTHESTYPEswathing-clothes n
ENSWATHEBASICsee SWATHE [wrap]
SWATHE [sweep]BASICswathe v
SWATHE [wrap]BASICswath n
SWATHE [wrap]ACTIONenswathe v
SWATHE [wrap]CLOTHINGswathing-clothes n

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