sweal

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sweal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sweal \Sweal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swealed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Swealing.] [OE. swelen to burn, AS. swelan; akin to G.
     schwelen to burn slowly, schw["u]l sultry, Icel. svaela a
     thick smoke.]
     To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste
     away without feeding the flame. [Written also swale.] --Sir
     W. Scott.
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  Sweal \Sweal\, v. t.
     To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing
     off the hair.
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