Swelted vs Welted - What's the difference?
swelted | welted |
(swelt)
(obsolete, outside, dialect) To die.
(obsolete, outside, dialect) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
(obsolete) (swell)
(welt)
A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
(heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
As verbs the difference between swelted and welted
is that swelted is past tense of swelt while welted is past tense of welt.swelted
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*swelt
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Etymology 1
Old English sweltan. Cognate to Dutch .Verb
(en verb)- (Bishop Hall)