† intumescencyn.
Obsolete.
Intumescent quality or condition.
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bolninga1340
bollingc1390
bossingc1440
tumour?1541
swelling1577
bulking1599
outswelling1611
swelth1631
turgescence1631
puffedness1648
intumescency1650
inturgescency1650
intumescence1656
obtumescence1657
bloatedness1660
tumefaction1666
turgescency1666
turgence1671
swell1683
tumidness1688
puffiness1699
tumidity1721
turgidity1732
inturgescence1755
tumescence1859
swollenness1902
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vii. xiii. 312 Parts disposed to intumescency at the bottom.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 139 If..the Bladder's intumescency..did proceed from the forced extension of the Ayr in the Receiver.
1696 W. Cowper in Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 234 Hence it is we have less Appetite some time after eating (when this Intumescency is made) than we had immediately after.
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