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smoulder

smoulder is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
  2. 2.To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.
  3. 3.Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
  4. 4.See Smolder.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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