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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. sv[ae]la 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.Sweal
Sweal\, v. t. To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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