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v. To burn slowly.

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

v. To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.

v. To consume with fire; burn.

v. To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.

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

v. To singe; to scorch; to swale.

To burn slowly.

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

To singe; scorch; dress, as a hog, by burning or singeing.

An obsolete variant of squeal.

""And now that you are come in, Mr Henry," said the cross old woman, "what for do you no tak up your candle and gang to your bed? and mind ye dinna let the candle sweal as ye gang alang the wainscot parlour, and haud a 'the house scouring to get out the grease again.""

swale   

swealed    swealing   

singe    scorch    swale