† Swelting ppl. a.

Obs. [f. as prec. + -ING².]

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1. Dying.

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a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1465. They … Swappez doune ffulle sweperlye swelltande knyghtez. Ibid., 2146. Swerdez swangene in two, sweltand knyghtez Lyes wyde opyne.

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2. = SWELTERING ppl. a.

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a. 1542. Wyatt, in Tottel’s Misc. (Arb.), 59. Regard at length … The sweltyng paynes of my desire.

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1568. T. Howell, Arb. Amitie (1879), 49. Nor swelting heat, whose fames y^e pastures fry.

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1605. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iii. III. Law, 963. The first drops [of rain] to cool their swelting heat.

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