4. A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep. [Eng.]
TUMEFACIENT Tu`me*fa"cient, a. [L. tumefaciens, -entis, p. pr. of tumefacere to tumefy; tumere to swell + facere to make.]
Defn: Producing swelling; tumefying.
TUMEFACTION
Tu`me*fac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tuméfaction.]
Defn: The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling. Arbuthnot.
TUMEFY
Tu"me*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumefying.]
Etym: [F. tuméfier, fr. L. tumere to swell + -ficare (in comp.) to
make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See Tumid, and -fy.]
Defn: To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up. To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought. De Quincey.
TUMEFY
Tu"me*fy, v. i.
Defn: To rise in a tumor; to swell.
TUMESCENCE Tu*mes"cence, n. [L. tumescens, -entis, p.pr. of tumescere to swell up, v. incho. fr. tumere to swell.]