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Sweltering vbl. sb. World English Historical Dictionary

Sweltering vbl. sb. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. Sweltering vbl. sb. [f. SWELTER v. + -ING1.] a. Fainting, swooning. b. A condition of suffering from oppressive heat.

1 c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 481/2. Swalterynge, or swownynge, sincopa. Ibid., 482/2. Sweltrynge, or swalterynge…, sincopa.

2 a. 1586.  Sidney, Arcadia, III. (1598), 341. To asswage the sweltring of my hellish longing.

3 1657.  R. Ligon, Barbadoes, 102. Neither themselves, nor any other, can remaine in them [sc. their houses] without sweltring.

4 1846.  Jas. Hamilton, Mount of Olives, viii. 191. When the fret and worry and sweltering of their jaded day is done.

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