Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells..

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Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Swelt :: Swelt () imp. of Swell.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..
Node :: Node (n.) A swelling.
Varicosity :: Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers..
Gourdy :: Gourdy (a.) Swelled in the legs.
Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil..
Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
Big :: Big (superl.) Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Swollen :: Swelled (p. p.) of Swel.
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