Sweal (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Swealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Swealing.] [OE. swelen to burn, AS. swelan; akin to G. schwelen to burn slowly, schwül sultry, Icel. svæla a thick smoke.] To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. [Written also swale.] Sir W. Scott.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.