Bible Dictionaries
Bloat

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.

(2):

(v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

(3):

(v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

(4):

(v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.

(5):

(v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.

(6):

(a.) Bloated.

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