bloat1
v.
cause to swell with fluid or gas.
n.
a disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach.
Etymology
C17: from obs. bloat ‘swollen, soft’, perh. from ON blautr ‘soft, flabby’.
bloat2
v.
cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.
Etymology
C16: rel. to bloat herring ‘bloater’, of obscure origin.
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