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Definition of Swelting
1. swelt [v] - See also: swelt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelting
Literary usage of Swelting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Darker Superstitions of Scotland: Illustrated from History and Practice by John Graham Dalyell (1834)
"Another " lay in horrible dolour and payne, with continuall swelting, the space
of seven or aud,t ..."
2. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"He that condemn'd for some notorious vice Seeks in the mines the bait* of avarice,
Or, swelting at the furnace, ..."
3. The Darker Superstitions of Scotland: Illustrated from History and Practice by John Graham Dalyell (1834)
"Another " lay in horrible dolour and payne, with continuall swelting, the space
of seven or aud,t ..."
4. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"He that condemn'd for some notorious vice Seeks in the mines the bait* of avarice,
Or, swelting at the furnace, ..."
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