v. t. [ Cf. Icel. sneiða to cut into alices, snīða to cut; akin to AS. besn&aemacr_;dan, snīðan, G. schneiden, OHG. snīdan, Goth. sneiþan to cut, to reap, and E. snath, snithe. ] To lop; to prune. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swathed p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing. ] [ OE. swathen, AS. sweðain. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle. ] To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. Abp. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bandage; a band; a swath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Swath, n. ] (Agric.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath. [ 1913 Webster ]