Definition of Sweals

1. sweal [v] - See also: sweal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweals

swaying
swayingly
swayings
swayl
swayled
swayling
swaylings
swayls
sways
swazzle
swazzles
sweal
swealed
swealing
swealings
sweals (current term)
sweam
swear
swear by
swear down
swear in
swear like a trooper
swear off
swear on a stack of Bibles
swear out
swear word
swear words
sweard
sweards
sweare

Literary usage of Sweals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"A candle in a draught, melting on one side, sweals away. Of a consumptive person it is said, “ his life sweals out of him,” as he gradually fades. ..."

2. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."

3. Wonders of Nature: As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."

4. Two Collections of Derbicisms Containing Words and Phrases in a Great by Samuel Pegge, Thomas Hallam (1896)
"... swee'ul], v. ; the wind sweals the grass ; not only checks its growth, but cuts off and consumes ita blade ; as uro of the Latins. See above. ..."

5. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1906)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."

6. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1871)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat ..."

7. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1887)
"... half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of the tropic sun: ..."

8. At Last, a Christmas in the West Indies: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1880)
"... as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of the tropic sun: and no wonder if some of the cottages have sunk right and ..."

9. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"A candle in a draught, melting on one side, sweals away. Of a consumptive person it is said, “ his life sweals out of him,” as he gradually fades. ..."

10. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."

11. Wonders of Nature: As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."

12. Two Collections of Derbicisms Containing Words and Phrases in a Great by Samuel Pegge, Thomas Hallam (1896)
"... swee'ul], v. ; the wind sweals the grass ; not only checks its growth, but cuts off and consumes ita blade ; as uro of the Latins. See above. ..."

13. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1906)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."

14. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1871)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat ..."

15. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1887)
"... half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of the tropic sun: ..."

16. At Last, a Christmas in the West Indies: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1880)
"... as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of the tropic sun: and no wonder if some of the cottages have sunk right and ..."

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