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Webster 1913 Edition
Smoulder
{
, Smol′der
,Smoul′der
}Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smoldered
or Smouldered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smoldering
or Smouldering
.] 1.
To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
The
smoldering
dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.
2.
To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly;
as, a
. smoldering
feud{
Smol′der
,Smoul′der
, }Verb.
T.
To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
[Obs.]
Holinshed. Palsgrave.
{
Smol′der
,Smoul′der
, }Noun.
Smoke; smother.
[Obs.]
The
smolder
stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.