v. [UN-2 7.] intr. To recover from a swollen state.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, IV. 1146. Ebben gan þe welle Of here teris, and þe herte vnswelle. Ibid., V. 214. But þo bygan a lytel his herte vnswelle, Thorugh teris, which þat gonnen vp to welle.
1530. Palsgr., 328/2. Unswolne, desgourdy.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Se desenfler, to vnswel, to asswage.
1658. A. Fox, Würtz’ Surg., II. xxviii. 195. When the Fracture is opened the Member unswels, if the matter runs out.
1663. Boyle, Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos., II. V. xi. 229. Her whole hand, which was before tumid, unswelled again.
1753. N. Torriano, Gangr. Sore Throat, 26. On Friday Morning … the Throat appeared unswelled, and there was a greater Freedom in swallowing.
1778. Earl Pembroke, Milit. Equitation (ed. 3), 117. I have seen by repeated experiments legs swell, and unswell, by leaving litter, or taking it away.
