Now only quasi-adv., in predicate-extensions. [OE. wearme, f. the adj.] Warmly; so as to be warm.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 116. Bewreoh ðe wearme.
a. 1366[?]. Chaucer, Rom. Rose, 409. Wel had she clad hir silf and warme.
c. 1410. Lantern of Light, 46. Whanne þe sunne schynneþ warme.
1596. Edward III., III. v. 90. With thy sword, yet reaking warme With blood of those that fought to be thy bane.
1707. Mortimer, Husb. (1721), II. 356. When the South or West Winds blow, or the Sun shines warm.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist. (1776), V. 336. They should be put nest and all into a little basket, which should be covered up warm.
1820. Keats, Lamia, I. 8. Hermes empty left His golden throne, bent warm on amorous theft.
1840. Dickens, Old C. Shop, xlvi. The women straightway carried her off to bed; and, having covered her up warm, [etc.].
b. Comb., qualifying an adj. or pple., as † warm-hot; warm-breathed, -contested, -sheltered; -kept, -lying, -reeking, -working.
c. 1430. Two Cookery-bks., 8. Set it on þe fyre tyl it be warme hot.
1599. Shaks., Hen. V., V. ii. 335. For Maides well Summer’d, and warme kept, are like Flyes at Bartholomewtyde.
1634. W. Wood, New Eng. Prosp., I. ii. 4. The Northeast and South winde … bringing in the warme-working waters of the Sea, loosneth the frozen Bayes.
1740. Somerville, Hobbinol, III. 245. The panting Rivals … in Conceit Already grasp the warm-contested Prize.
1757. Dyer, Fleece, II. 161. The high heath, by trees Warm-shelter’d, may despise the rage of storms.
1775. Sheridan, Rivals, II. i. Their quivering, warm-breathed sighs impregnate the very air.
1786. Burns, To a Haggis, iii. O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin, rich!
1786. Abercrombie, Gard. Assist., 294. Plunge plants in pots—in some dry warm-lying ground.
