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Definition of Sweltered
1. swelter [v] - See also: swelter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweltered
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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