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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Swelter

Swĕlt'er, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. SWELTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. SWELTERING.] [From swelt.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. *It was so rare a piece of fun To see the sweltered cattle run.* Coleridge. 2. To welter. [Obs.] Drayton.

Swĕlt'er, v. t.

verbtransitive

Sense 1. To oppress with heat; to make faint or weak by a heated, close atmosphere. 2. To exude, like sweat. [Rare.] Shak.