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adj
Swollen; puffed out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: bulging, distended, tumid, boln, bulled, extuberant, farced, nodose, puffed, protuberant, swollen, turgid
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To swell; to puff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English bolnen, bollen, from Old Norse bólgna, from bolginn (“swollen”), past participle of a verb represented by Old English belgan (“to swell”). Compare Swedish bulna (“to swell, be swollen”), Danish bolne (“to swell, be swollen”). Related to belly, bellows.
