Swell"toad` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A swellfish.
Swelt (?), obs. imp. of Swell.
Swelt, v. i. [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS. sweltan to
die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS. sweltan to die, Icel.
svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. svälta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth.
sviltan to die. Cf. Swelter, Sweltry.] 1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]