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Webster 1913 Edition

Swimming

Swim′ming

,
Adj.
1.
That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming;
as, a
swimming
bird; a
swimming
motion
.
2.
Suffused with moisture;
as,
swimming
eyes
.
Swimming bell
(Zool.)
,
a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
Siphonophora
.
–
Swimming crab
(Zool.)
,
any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family
Protunidae
, which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.

Swim′ming

,
Noun.
The act of one who swims.

Swim′ming

,
Adj.
[From
Swim
to be dizzy.]
Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness;
as, a
swimming
brain
.

Swim′ming

,
Noun.
Vertigo; dizziness;
as, a
swimming
in the head
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swimming

SWIM'MING

,
ppr.
Floating on a fluid; moving on a fluid; having a waving or reeling motion; overflowing; abounding.

SWIM'MING

,
Noun.
The act or art of moving on the water by means of the limbs; a floating.
1.
Dizziness.

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