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swollen Verb a past participle of swell Adjective enlarged by swelling
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As he came near, the Lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He was suffering horribly with thirst, and his swollen tongue and lips could hardly articulate a syllable. The poisonous flies and gnats swarmed around by thousands; in vain one waved myrtle-branches about like mad; the audacious insect population did not cease to sting; nor was there a single person in the well-crammed carriage whose face was not swollen and sore from their ravenous bites. |
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