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a. Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a faithful but often uncritical record of details. -- Bos"well*ize v. i. & t. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. The style of Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without pity. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Oliver Cromwell, b. 1599, d. 1658.
Syn. -- Oliver Cromwell. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dwelled usually contracted into Dwelt (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwelling. ] [ OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan. dvæle to linger, and to E. dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale. ] 1. To delay; to linger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To abide; to remain; to continue. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. [ 1913 Webster ]

The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. “My hopes in heaven to dwell.” Shak. --
To dwell on or
To dwell upon, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. [ 1913 Webster ] They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. Buckminster.

Syn. -- To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inhabit. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. “Dwellers at Jerusalem.” Acts i. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

God will deign
To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building. --
Dwelling place, place of residence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. state of perfection; the utmost degree; as, they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

interj. [ Fare (thou, you) + well. ] Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever fare thee well. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something. [ 1913 Webster ]

And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before I take my farewell of the subject. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W. cromandi. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera. [ Written also gromill. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A long, deep wave in the sea, sometimes caused by distant winds or storms. [ PJC ]

2. A rising sentiment of support or enthusiasm, especially among the general public; as, a groundswell of opinion favoring campaign finance reform. [ PJC ]

a. Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. “Heartswelling hate.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inflated; boastful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Keeping at home. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The upper stage of a porcelian furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Indwelt p. pr. & vb. n. Indwelling. ] To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An inhabitant. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Residence within, as in the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
Syn. -- beaded, beady, bejewelled, bejeweled, bespangled, gemmed, sequined, spangled, spangly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Jewelry. [ Chiefly Brit. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lake dwellers, under Lake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cgs unit of magnetic flux, abbreviated Mx; it is equal to the magnetic flux passing through one sqaure centimeter which is normal to a magnetic field of one gauss.
Syn. -- Mx. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The idle and dissolute ne'er-do-wells of their communities. Harper's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A well{ 3 } from which petroleum is or has been extracted; a well{ 3 } drilled deeply into an oil-bearing geological formation specifically for the purpose of obtaining petroleum. [ PJC ]

v. t. To dwell or stay beyond. [ Poetic ] “He outdwells his hour.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To exceed in swelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To swell beyond; to overflow. [ Obs. ] Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pour out. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To issue forth. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To swell or rise above; to overflow. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To overflow. R. D. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of American Indian origin. ] (Zool.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. Swelled p. p. Swelled or Swollen p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling. ] [ AS. swellan; akin to D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella, Sw. svälla. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. [ 1913 Webster ]

You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your equal mind yet swells not into state. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. “Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The Church ] swells her high, heart-cheering tone. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To aggravate; to heighten. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of swelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gradual increase. Specifically: (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (b) Increase in height; elevation; rise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swell and subsidence of his periods. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. [ 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 ]

5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ground swell. See under Ground. --
Organ swell (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces increased sound. --
Swell shark (Zool.), a small shark (Scyllium ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Swell mob. See under Mob. [ Slang ] [ 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. 1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.), an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. [ 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 ]

a. Uninhabitable. [ Obs. ] “A land undwellable.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]