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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sweal

· IPA /swiːl/
01 v. i. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
imp. & p. p. Swealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swealing
  1. 1.
    To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
02 v. t. To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
  1. 1.
    To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.