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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

engorgement

The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

(Med.)

An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.

Hoblyn.

(Metal.)

The clogging of a blast furnace.

Noun.

engorj'ment. the act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity.

engorgement ‎(plural engorgements)

The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.

engorgement m ‎(plural engorgements)