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Webster 1913 Edition
Swelling
Swell′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of that which swells;
as, the
swelling
of rivers in spring; the swelling
of the breast with pride.Rise to the
swelling
of the voiceless sea. Coleridge.
2.
A protuberance; a prominence
; especially (Med.)
, an unnatural prominence or protuberance;
as, a scrofulous
. swelling
The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and
swellings
. Sir I. Newton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Swelling
SWELL'ING
,ppr.
SWELL'ING
,Noun.
1.
Protuberance; prominence. The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings.
2.
A rising or enlargement by passion; as the swellings of anger, grief or pride.Definition 2024
swelling
swelling
English
Noun
swelling (countable and uncountable, plural swellings)
- The state of being swollen.
- a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, ISBN 1163911380, page 63:
- Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
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- Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
Translations
the state of being swollen
anything swollen
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Verb
swelling
- present participle of swell