swealed, ppl. a.
(swiːld)
Also 8 swilled. See also swoled.
[f. sweal v. + -ed1.]
Scorched, singed; (of a sheep) roasted whole in the skin.
| c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 149/30 Fomes, ᵹeswælud spoon, uel tynder. |
| 1674 Ray S. & E.C. Words s.v. Sweale, A sweal'd pig, a singed pig. 1732 Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. (1861) I. 365 A ‘swilled mouton,’ that is a sheep roasted whole in its skin, scorched like a hog. 1863 W. Barnes Dorset Gloss. s.v. Zweal, He is lik' a swealed cat; better than he do look vor. |