4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
Raymond.
Swad"dle (?), n. [AS. swe&?;il, swe&?;el, fr. swe&?;ain to bind. See
Swathe.] Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling
band.
They put me in bed in all my swaddles.
Addison.
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.