sweal

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) To burn slowly.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without fedding the flame.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.

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