SWELL
Swell, a.
Defn: Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. [Slang] Swell mob. See under Mob. [Slang]
SWELLDOM
Swell"dom, n.
Defn: People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
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SWELLFISH
Swell"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.
SWELLING
Swell"ing, n.
1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. Coleridge.
2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.),
Defn: an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous
swelling.
The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities
and swellings. Sir I. Newton.