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A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidæ. Ca…

Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.

ensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.

People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively. [Jocose]

Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.

The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. Coleridge.

Dandified; stylish. [Slang]

A swellfish.

Uninhabitable. [Obs.] "A land undwellable." Wyclif.

To sink from a swollen state; to subside. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.

, n. Quality or state of being unwell.

To swell or rise up.

A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.

Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell.

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.

One who dwells; a resident. Speed.

t out. [R.] An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.

Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth.