WHITE-SWELLING, noun [white and swelling.] A swelling or chronic enlargement of the joints, circumscribed, without any alteration in the color of the skin, sometimes hard, sometimes yielding to pressure, sometimes indolent, but usually painful.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.