Category: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.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Swelling - Of Jordan (Jeremiah 12:5), literally the "pride" of Jordan (as in R.V.), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars, reeds, etc., which were the lair of lions and other beasts of prey. The reference is not to the overflowing of the river banks. (Compare Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Zechariah 11:3).