Sūl'try, a.

a. [compar. SULTRIER; superl. SULTRIEST.] [Corrupted from sweltry, q. v.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. Dryden. 2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.