sweal
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /swiːl/
sweal (sweals, present participle swealing; past and past participle swealed)
- (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.
- (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn.
- (transitive, dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 13
- Here!—But you know, they can sweal a tumour away.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 13
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