glut
verb (used with object)
to feed or fill to satiety; sate.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The Union League and Pacific Union clubs next shone red with the fire that was glutting them.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum