swollen

• Their abdomens are now unnaturally swollen, and of a much lighter color than usual, owing to their being filled with a yellow matter exceedingly offensive to the smell. —  Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
• The swollen, angry, displaced punctum no longer impeded the entrance of the tears; (2.) —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• The river which separated them from his dwelling was swollen, and knowing the ford was impassable, he saw with great amazement his young pupils approach his Sunday school: they had tied their clothing on their heads, and swam across the stream. —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I
• The throat is first to be seen red and swollen, then covered with grayish white patches, which spread, and a false membrane is found on the mucous membrane. —  Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage
• But though it is still much swollen, and so stiff that I can only bend it a few inches, all is progressing well My little dog escaped with a few scratches, having saved my life. —  Adventures in Many Lands

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