Swim"ming , n. Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. Dryden.
Swim"ming , a. [From Swim to be dizzy.]
Being in a state of vertigo or
dizziness; as, a swimming brain.
Swim"ming , n. The act of one who swims.
Swim"ming (?), a.
1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
2. Suffused
with moisture; as, swimming
eyes.
Swimming bell (Zoöl.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under Siphonophora. -- Swimming crab
(Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family Protunidæ, which have some of
the joints of one or more
pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.