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Webster 1913 Edition

Intumescence

Inˊtu-mes′cence

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
intumescence
.]
1.
The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.
The
intumescence
of nations.
Johnson.
2.
Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intumescence

INTUMES'CENCE

,
Noun.
[supra.] The action of swelling.
1.
A swell; a swelling with bubbles; a rising and enlarging; a tumid state.

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