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▪ I. swelly, n. Coal-mining. (north. dial.)|ˈswɛlɪ|
Also swally, swolly.
[? Local variant of swallow n.2 Cf. swilly n.]
A depression in coal strata; a local thickening in a seam of coal.
1849Greenwell Coal-trade Terms Northumb. & Durh. (1851) 54 Swelly, or Swally, a gradual depression or dish in the strata. 1863Warrington Smith Addr. Brit. Assoc., Swellies, or narrow depressions in the Low Main coal. 1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining, Swelly, also Swally, also Swilly.
▪ II. ˈswelly, a. rare—1.
[f. swell n. + -y.]
Characterized by swells.
1722W. Hamilton Wallace 123 So Triton when at Neptun's high Command He heaves the swelly Surge above the Land.
▪ III. swelly
obs. Sc. form of swallow v. |