swoln
Americanadjective
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The bay, which had been so quiet two days before, was all in motion with small waves, while the swoln waterfall roared in our ears.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by John Campbell Shairp
Behold a prince! whom no swoln thoughts inflame; No pride of thrones, no fever after fame!
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Edward Young
See my wan cheeks, eyes swoln, lips trembling! feel How scalding are the tears with which I dew This dear, dear hand!
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
From Indian mines, With proud designs, The merchant, swoln, digs golden ore; The tempests rise, And seize the prize, And toss him breathless on the shore.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Edward Young
Crispinus continues, that it is in vain Horace swears, that ———————He puts on The office of an executioner, Only to strike off the swoln head of sin, Where’er you find it standing.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
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