swimming

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SWIM'MING, participle present tense Floating on a fluid; moving on a fluid; having a waving or reeling motion; overflowing; abounding. SWIM'MING, noun The act or art of moving on the water by means of the limbs; a floating. 1. Dizziness.
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