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Meaning of SWELTRY

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
 
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 Synonyms: hot, sweltering
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Swel"try\, a. [See {Swelter}, {Swelt}, v. i., and cf.
{Sultry}.]
Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.]
--Evelyn.
 

 

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