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Swelter
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. "Sweltered cattle." Coleridge.
2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] Drayton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To oppress with heat. Bentley.
2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.