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Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..

Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..

Cruels :: Cruels (n. pl.) Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..

Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..

Swell :: Swelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swel.

Hove :: Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.

Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..

Surgeon :: Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood..

Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..

Boiling :: Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion..

Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

Spavin :: Spavin (n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed..

Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..

Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..

Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.

Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..

Boswellian :: Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson..

Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..

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