n.
Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
The swell and subsidence of his periods. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
The swell
Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ground swell.
Organ swell (Mus.),
Swell shark (Zool.),
a. Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished;
Swell mob.
v. i.
You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your equal mind yet swells not into state. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
[ The Church ] swells her high, heart-cheering tone. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dandified; stylish. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A swellfish. [ 1913 Webster ]