† wall-hotadj.
Obsolete.
Boiling hot. Also figurative fervent. Cf. walm-hot at walm n. 5.
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wall-hotc1000
walm-hotOE
hot as hellOE
welling?a1200
welling hota1400
aestuant?1440
burning1484
scalding?a1513
broiling1555
roasting1567
walming hot1601
boiling hot1607
baking1656
stewing-hot1711
piping1823
grilling1839
seething1848
white-hot1855
stewing1856
incandescent1859
swithering1895
boiling1930
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 256 Acele ðu wealhat isen ðonne hit furðum sie of fyre atogen on wine oþþe on ecede.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14196 Wiþþ wallhat herrtess lufe.
a1225 Juliana (Bodl.) 31 Eleusius..bed biliue bringen forð brune wallinde bres, & healden hit se wal hat hehe up on hire heaued, þat [etc.].
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