3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
4. (Coal Mining)
Defn: A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.
SWADDLE
Swad"dle, n. Etym: [AS. swe, swe, fr. swe to bind. See Swathe.]
Defn: Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling
band.
They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.
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. They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. Addison.
2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] Hudibras.
SWADDLEBILL
Swad"dle*bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The shoveler. [Local, U.S.]