Definition of Sweltered

1. Verb. (past of swelter) ¹

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Definition of Sweltered

1. swelter [v] - See also: swelter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweltered

swellheaded
swellheadedness
swellheads
swelling
swelling soil
swellingly
swellings
swellish
swells
swelltoad
swelltoads
swelp
swelt
swelted
swelter
sweltered (current term)
sweltering
swelteringly
swelters
sweltery
swelting
sweltrier
sweltriest
sweltry
swelts
swept
swept path
swept paths
sweptback
sweptwing

Literary usage of Sweltered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire and Some of the by George Cornewall Lewis (1839)
"sweltered, adj. very hot. Also used in Gloucestershire. In Devonshire, " to swelter" is to perspire, to be overcome with heat: Palmer in v. ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Had not Michael Holdsworth had a pair of oxen sweltered when he was ploughing on Good Friday ?"—Ib., c. 18. ..."

3. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Swelled, part. adj. heated; sweltered. ' It's so warm, and Maria's very ... Had not Michael Holdsworth had a pair of oxen sweltered when he was ploughing on ..."

4. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"Had not Michael Holdsworth had a pair of oxen sweltered when he was ploughing on Good Friday ?"—Ib., c. 18. ..."

5. Macbeth edited by William Shakespeare (2001)
"There is a paper by 'Dr Davy in the Philosophical Trans- actions of 1826, in which it is shown that the toad is venomous, and moreover that ' sweltered ..."

6. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Thomas Marc Parrott (1904)
"the toad, that it "sweltered," ie sweated, even under a cold stone, and sweltered poison. 12. Fillet of a fenny snake, the lungs, or the liver, ..."

7. A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire and Some of the by George Cornewall Lewis (1839)
"sweltered, adj. very hot. Also used in Gloucestershire. In Devonshire, " to swelter" is to perspire, to be overcome with heat: Palmer in v. ..."

8. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"Had not Michael Holdsworth had a pair of oxen sweltered when he was ploughing on Good Friday ?"—Ib., c. 18. ..."

9. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Swelled, part. adj. heated; sweltered. ' It's so warm, and Maria's very ... Had not Michael Holdsworth had a pair of oxen sweltered when he was ploughing on ..."

10. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"Had not Michael Holdsworth had a pair of oxen sweltered when he was ploughing on Good Friday ?"—Ib., c. 18. ..."

11. Macbeth edited by William Shakespeare (2001)
"There is a paper by 'Dr Davy in the Philosophical Trans- actions of 1826, in which it is shown that the toad is venomous, and moreover that ' sweltered ..."

12. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Thomas Marc Parrott (1904)
"the toad, that it "sweltered," ie sweated, even under a cold stone, and sweltered poison. 12. Fillet of a fenny snake, the lungs, or the liver, ..."

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