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OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 250 Þær com heofonlic leoht to þam halgum martyrum, swa hat swa sunne scinende on sumere.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 908 (MED) Sum-time it [sc. pain] hentis me wiþ hete as hot as ani fure, but quicliche so kene a cold comes þer-after.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 792 The chambir that was as hote as ony styew.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. ii. sig. Oii^v Is he in loue with me as hote as a toste or not?

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. B^v She red, and hot, as coles of glowing fier, He red for shame, but frostie in desier. View more context for this quotation

1618 J. Vicars Prospectiue Glasse sig. E3^v Heau'ns Psalmodicall harmonious Quire Of Saints and Angels zealous, hot as fire.

1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 2nd v. ii. 60 'Twas Pride, hot as Hell, That first made me Rebell.

1696 D. Manley Royal Mischief iv. i. 31 Were she not hotter than the Flames of Hell.

1711 W. King et al. Vindic. Sacheverell 98 Thou art as hot as a Glass-house.

1750 J. Wesley Let. to Revd. Mr. Baily 9 He would make her House ‘hotter than Hell-fire’.

1762 R. Lloyd Poems 42 I blow to cool it, cries the Clown, That I may get the liquor down: For though I grant, you've made it well, You've boil'd it, sir, as hot as hell.

1849 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 19 Hot as blazes—glad to get under awnings.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 293/2 Hot as the Devil's kitchen.

1912 Dial. Notes 3 579 Hot as hammered hell.

1934 G. Ross Tips on Tables 282 A special sauce that is hotter than Hades.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 58/2 Hot as a 45, wanted by the police.

1950 L. G. Miller Story of Ernie Pyle xxiv. 242 We stopped at a jungle field for lunch. It was hotter than hell.

2003 W. Brandt Bk. of Film of Story of my Life x. 168 We deplane directly onto the tarmac. It's about five in the afternoon and it's as hot as an oven.