underswell
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underswell (plural underswells)
- An undercurrent.
- A swelling undersection.
- 1963, J. G. Ballard, Passport to Eternity:
- Something had altered the normal perspectives of the room. Trying to focus on the grey underswell of the ceiling, I listened for footsteps outside. Sure enough, the corridor wall began to retract.