SWELTER

swelter. Swelter, v. to nearly melt or perish with heat

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Swel″ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering.] [[From Swelt, v. i.]] 1. 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. “Sweltered cattle.” Coleridge.
2. 2. To welter; to soak. Drayton.