sweal
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /swiːl/
Verb

sweal (sweals, present participle swealing; past and past participle swealed)

  1. (intransitive) To burn slowly.
  2. (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.
  3. (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
  4. (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn.
  5. (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.



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