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Smolder; Smoulder
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.
2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.