What does "sweal" mean?
Sweal: To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. [Written also swale.] Sir W. Scott.
Additional senses
- 2.To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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