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Swath [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. swoth.

2. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the sythe in mowing or cradling.

3. The whole breadth or sweep of a sythe in mowing or cradling; as a wide swath

4. A band or fillet. They wrapped me in a hundred yards of swath

Swath [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.

2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.

3. A band or fillet; a swathe.

Swathe [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To bind with a band, bandage or rollers; as, to swathe a child.

2. To bind or wrap.

3. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when first born.

Swathe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.

2. A bandage; a band; a swath.

Swathed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Swather [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

Swathing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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