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  1. 1. v. i. To swell, as grain or wood with water. Source: opted
  2. 2. To swell, as grain or wood with water. [Prov. Eng.] Grose. PLIMSOLL'S MARK Plim"soll's mark`. (Naut.) A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured. Source: webster
  3. 3. To swell, as grain or wood with water. [Prov. Eng.] Grose. Source: adambom
  4. 4. v. i. To swell, as grain or wood with water. Source: ecdict

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