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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Sultry,) Soultrie, adj. [e.m.E. sultrie (1594), soultry (Shakespeare), sultry (Milton).] Of weather: Sultry, oppressively hot. —1632 Prognostication.
The 25-8 [June] soultrie darke and mistie
