swoltery
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swoltery (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of sweltery.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Very swoltery hote:
The King, sweete Prince, hath layd a wager on your side,
Six Barbary horse, against six French rapiers,
With all their acoutrements too