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▪ 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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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释义: 全部, consume a lot of oil, Oyster sauce, FUEL CONSUMPTION, Oil consumption. 更多例句筛选. 1. How much fuel does it sweal per a hundred kilometres. 这 车 每 百 公里 耗油 是 多少 ?. 2. The secret to avoiding gas- guzzling at sea is to go back to the roots of the word "sailing" and extract power from the wind. 在 海 ...
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swaler
swaler n. midl. dial. (ˈsweɪlə(r)) Also 6 swaller, 8–9 swailer, 9 sweeler. [f. swale, sweal v. + -er1.] A dealer in corn: see quots.1597 Manch. Crt. Leet Rec. (1885) II. 130 No swaller that ys a fforrener..shall sell or measure any corne vpon any other daye then vppon the Saturdaye and mundaye. 1743...
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swoly
† ˈswoly, a. Obs. Also 6 swooly, sooly(e. [Represents OE. swoliᵹ, f. swol-: swel- (see sweal v.).] Oppressively hot, sultry. Also advb.1496 Bk. St. Albans, Fishing 22 A swoly hote weder. 1556 Withals Dict. (1568) 3 a/2 Feruent heate, or swoly hotte. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) II. 1071/2 The soolye [l...
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sweel
▪ I. sweel, v. Sc. (swiːl) Forms: 6 sweil, 7 swill, 7–8 swyle, 8 swayl, 9 sweal, sweel. [Contracted f. sweddle v.] trans. To swaddle, swathe. Hence ˈsweeling vbl. n., attrib. in † sweilling clais, swaddling-clothes.1567 Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 50 The Sylk and Sandell the to eis, Ar hay, and sem...
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swelme
† swelme Obs. [f. swel-, root of sweal v. + -m suffix. Cf. early mod.G. schwelm ‘fomes’.] The heat (of anger or the like).13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 3 When heuy herttes ben hurt wyth heþyng oþer elles, Suffraunce may aswagen hem & þe swelme leþe. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 750 Alexander..Lete a-swage or he sw...
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swale
▪ I. swale, n.1 dial. (sweɪl) Forms: 4 swayl, 6 swaill, swaile, swaule, swawle, 6–7 swall(e, 8–9 swale, 9 swaul. [Of obscure origin. If the orig. meaning was a pliant ‘swaying’ piece of wood, the two types swail, swall, may represent an OE. *swæᵹ(e)l, *swaᵹol, f. swaᵹ-, cogn. with Scand. svag- in No...
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