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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sultry  \Sul"try\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sultrier};  superl.  {Sultriest}.] 
  [From  {Sweltry}.] 
  1.  Very  hot,  burning,  and  oppressive;  as  Libya's  sultry 
  deserts. 
 
  Such  as  born  beneath  the  burning  sky  And  sultry 
  sun,  betwixt  the  tropics  lie.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Very  hot  and  moist,  or  hot,  close  stagnant,  and 
  oppressive,  as  air. 
 
  When  in  the  sultry  glebe  I  faint,  Or  on  the  thirsty 
  mountain  plant.  --Addison. 




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