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Webster 1913 Edition

Sweltry

Swel′try

,

Adj.

[See

,

,

Verb.

I.

, and cf.

.]

Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

[R.]

Evelyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sweltry

SWELT'RY

,

Adj.

Suffocating with heat; oppressive with heat; sultry. [See Sultry, which is probably a contraction of sweltry.]