"Things are getting-hottish, anyway.
"The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation"
J. S. Fletcher
There they'll get good water for thar stock, an' the shade o' trees to rest unner; the which last they'll take to in this hottish spell o' sun."
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid
"That was hottish work," he said, glancing round at his little army to see that none were missing, "and we had some tremendously narrow escapes.
"A Tale of the Summer Holidays"
G. Mockler