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sweal

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWEAL

v.i. 1. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
2. To blaze away.

 

SWEALING

ppr. Melting and wasting away.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWEAL

Sweal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swealing. ] Etym: [OE. swelen to burn, AS. swelan; akin to G. schwelen to burn slowly, schwül sultry, Icel. svæla a thick smoke. ]

 

Defn: To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. [Written also swale. ] Sir W. Scott.

 

SWEAL

SWEAL Sweal, v. t.

 

Defn: To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.