SWELLED
SWELL'ED, participle passive Enlarged in bulk; inflated; tumefied.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SWELLING
SWELL'ING, participle present tense Growing or enlarging in its dimensions; growing tumid; inflating; growing tumid; inflating; growing or making louder.SWELL'ING, noun A tumor,...
SWELT
SWELT, for swelled, is not in use.SWELT, verb intransitive To faint; to swoon.SWELT, verb transitive To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint. [We now use swelter.]
SWELTER
SWELT'ER, verb intransitive [from swelt.] To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.SWELT'ER, verb transitive To oppress with heat.
SWELTERED
SWELT'ERED, participle passive Oppressed with heat.
SWELTERING
SWELT'ERING, participle present tense Fainting or languishing with heat; oppressing with heat.
SWELTRY
SWELT'RY, adjective Suffocating with heat; oppressive with heat; sultry. [See Sultry, which is probably a contraction of sweltry]
SWEPT
SWEPT, preterit tense and participle passive of sweep.
SWERD
SWERD, for sward, is not in use.
SWERVE
SWERVE, verb intransitive swerv.1. To wander; to rove.The swerving vines on the tall elms prevail.2. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule of duty; to depart from w...
SWERVING
SWERV'ING, participle present tense Roving; wandering; deviating from any rule or standard; inclining; climbing or moving by winding and turning.SWERV'ING, noun The act of wande...
SWIFT
SWIFT, adjective1. Moving a great distance or over a large space in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy. We say, soft winds, a swift stre...
SWIFTER
SWIFT'ER, noun In a ship, a rope used to confine the bars of the capstan in their sockets, while men are turning it; also, a rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to stre...
SWIFTLY
SWIFT'LY, adverb Fleetly; rapidly; with celerity; with quick motion or velocity.Pleas'd with the passage, we slide swiftly on.
SWIFTNESS
SWIFT'NESS, noun Speed; rapid motion; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity. swiftness is a word of general import, applicable to every kind of motion, and to every thing that...
SWIG
SWIG, verb transitive or i. To drink by large draughts; to suck greedily.SWIG, noun A large draught. [Vulgar.]1. In seamen's language, a pulley with ropes which are not parallel...
SWILL
SWILL, verb transitive1. To drink grossly or greedily; as, to swill down great quantities of liquors.2. To wash; to drench.3. To inebriate; to swell with fullness.I should be lo...
SWILLED
SWILL'ED, participle passive Swallowed grossly in large quantities.
SWILLER
SWILL'ER, noun One who drinks voraciously.
SWILLING
SWILL'ING, participle present tense Swallowing excessive quantities of liquors.
SWILLINGS
SWILL'INGS, noun Swill.
SWIM
SWIM, verb intransitive1. To float; to be supported on water or other fluid; not to sink. Most species of wood will swim in water. Any substance will swim whose specific gravity...
SWIMM
SWIMM, noun The bladder of fishes, by which they are said to be supported in water.
SWIMMER
SWIM'MER, noun One that swims.1. A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
SWIMMING
SWIM'MING, participle present tense Floating on a fluid; moving on a fluid; having a waving or reeling motion; overflowing; abounding.SWIM'MING, noun The act or art of moving on...
SWIMMINGLY
SWIM'MINGLY, adverb Smoothly; without obstruction; with great success. [Not elegant.]
SWINDLE
SWIN'DLE, verb transitive To cheat and defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.