Bible Dictionaries
Intumescence

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

(2):

(n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Intumescence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/intumescence.html. 1828.