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Swallet
- - Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.
Swallow
- noun - a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"
- believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
- engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
- keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
- pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
- small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
- take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
- the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her hu
Swelled
- adjective - feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"
Swelter
- verb - be uncomfortably hot
- suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
Sweltry
- adjective - excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
Swilled
- verb - drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
- feed pigs
Swollen
- verb - become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
- cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
- come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
- expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
Syllabi
- noun - an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"