Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swelter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. t.
1. To oppress with heat. --Bentley.
2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swelter
v 1: be uncomfortably hot
2: suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
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