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Sweal [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.

2. To blaze away.

Sweal [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.

Sweal [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.

Swealed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Swealing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Melting and wasting away.

Swealing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913