Obs. [f. BOLL v.1 + -ING1.] Swelling.
c. 1340. Cursor M., 10463 (Trin.). And of bollyng of hir herte She kest hir wordis ouerþwerte.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. VII. 204. For bollyng of heore wombes.
1533. Elyot, Cast. Helth, IV. iv. (1541), 85. A swellynge or bollynge of the bodye.