SWELTERS

Noun

swelters

plural of swelter

Verb

swelters

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swelter

Anagrams

• wrestles

Source: Wiktionary


SWELTER

Swel"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering.] Etym: [From Swelt, v. i.]

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.

Swel"ter, v. t.

1. To oppress with heat. Bentley.

2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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