Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish
with heat. "Sweltered cattle." --Coleridge.
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2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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