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† swimmering, vbl. n. Obs. rare.
[Cf. ON. svimra to be giddy.]
Giddiness; = swimming vbl. n. 4. Also ppl. a., giddy = swimming ppl. a. 5.
1650W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §297 Head-ache and the megrim causseth either giddiness (dizziness, swimmering), or dotage. 1650H. More Observ. in Enthus. Tri., etc. (1656) 118 This is but idle treading of the air, and onely a symptome of a light swimmering fancy. |