sweal (English, verb)
expansion: sweal (third-person singular simple present sweals, present participle swealing, simple past and past participle swealed)
Senses:
glosses: To burn slowly.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
tags: transitive
glosses: To consume with fire; burn.
tags: dialectal
transitive
glosses: To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.
tags: dialectal
transitive
Forms:
form: sweals
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swealing
tags: participle
present
form: swealed
tags: participle
past
form: swealed
tags: past
form: swale
tags: alternative