1595 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 111 Scarse I can refraine the execution of my big swolne Hart against that Clifford.
a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in (1878) IV. 225 Though Tyrranny, (big-Swolne, in all formes, Vulture or Moll) doe Swoop, or hunt out wormes.
1743 R. Blair 32 The big-swoln Inundation, Of Mischief more diffusive.