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sweal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(intransitive) To burn slowly . (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame. (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing. en.wiktionary.org
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SWEAL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. chiefly dialectal, of a candle : to melt away : gutter 2. chiefly dialectal : to waste away transitive verb chiefly dialectal : burn www.merriam-webster.com
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Sweal - Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SWEAL, verb intransitive ; 1. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. ; 2. To blaze away. webstersdictionary1828.com
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sweal
▪ I. sweal, swale, n. dial. (swiːl, sweɪl) Also swaile, sweel. [f. next.] A blaze, flame; the guttering of a candle.1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. (E.D.S.) Swaile, Sweal, a flame. 1878 Cumbld. Gloss., Sweel..the melting of a lighted candle in a draught. 1882 Lanc. Gloss., Sweel, a great... Oxford English Dictionary
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Definition of sweal - Mindat
i. Eng. To burn slowly. ii. To melt and run down; to waste away without feeding the flame. A candle is said to sweal when the grease runs down owing to its ... www.mindat.org
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Sweal is a Scrabble word?
(transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn. (transitive, dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce. www.thewordfinder.com
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swealed
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 Lif... Oxford English Dictionary
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"SWEAL": Swelling, blistering, or burning; to scorch - OneLook
▸ verb: (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing. ▸ verb: (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn. ▸ verb: ( ... www.onelook.com
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sweal | swale, v. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the verb sweal is in the Old English period (pre-1150). sweal is a word inherited from Germanic. See etymology ... www.oed.com
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Sweal, swale v. World English Historical Dictionary - WEHD.com
1. trans. To consume with fire, burn; to set fire to (e.g., gorse, etc., soot in a chimney); to singe, scorch; locally, to singe (a hog), (in Ireland) to roast ... wehd.com
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SWEAL definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
to insist that you are telling someone the truth, even though they are not sure whether or not to believe you. The American expression is swear up and down. www.collinsdictionary.com
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swealer
ˈswealer dial. Also sweeler; see also swaler. [f. sweal v. + -er1.] (See quot. 1877.)1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Swealer, a speck of foreign matter in the grease of a candle which causes it to sweal. 1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch, etc. 121 Had it been shrouds instead of sweelers. Oxford English Dictionary
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swealing
▪ I. ˈswealing, ˈswaling, vbl. n. [f. sweal v. + -ing1.] Burning; singeing: for special uses see quots. and sweal v.c 1410 Lanterne of Liȝt iii. 6 Euery proud soule..schal be in to sweyling [orig. erit in combustionem]. 1549 Compl. Scot. ii. 24, I sal visee ȝou vitht dreddour, vitht fyir, ande vitht... Oxford English Dictionary
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sweill
sweile, sweill obs. ff. sweal, sweel. Oxford English Dictionary
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forsweal
† forˈsweal, v. Obs. [OE. forswǽlan, f. for- prefix1 + swǽlan: see sweal.] trans. To burn up.c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 494 We sind mid liᵹum for⁓swælede. c 1205 Lay. 16228 Al hit for-swælde Þat þer inne wunede. c 1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. xxiv. 58 A fyr..shal Irlond al about for-swely. Oxford English Dictionary
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