What does "smoulder" mean?
Smoulder: To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
Additional senses
- 2.To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.
- 3.Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
- 4.See Smolder.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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