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

Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.

Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..

High-swelling :: High-swelling (a.) Inflated; boastful.

Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.

Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.

Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.

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

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..

Swell :: Swell (n.) The act of swelling.

Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..

Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..

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

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