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Definition of Sweal
1. v. i. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
2. v. t. To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
Definition of Sweal
1. Verb. (intransitive) To burn slowly. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without fedding the flame. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive dialectal) To consume with fire; burn. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sweal
1. to scorch [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: scorch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweal
Literary usage of Sweal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To sweal. See To SWALE. •SWAP, (swcp) aa. Hastily; with hasty violence, as he
did it swap : a low word, e 1? ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To sweal, vn To melt away hastily, 8. " Pinna let the candle meal." Talei of Уу
Landlord. 44 Su-cal, to waste away, as a candle blown upon by the wind," ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To sweal, va To carry a candle in so careless or hurried a way as to make it
blaze away ... Dinna let the candle sweaL" Tales of my Landlord, 1 Ser. i. 104. ..."
4. A Vocabulary, Or Collection of Words and Phrases which Have Been Supposed to by John Pickering (1816)
"Bay and Grose mention this as provincial in England: " sweal: singe. ... sweal'd
cat; a cat whose hair or fur is singed off by sleeping in the ashes. ..."
5. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1833)
"sweal'-ing,ppr.emitting moisture by the skin, causing to sweat. [sweat. S weal' -in
ess, n. moisture from Sweat'-y, a. moist with sweat. ..."
6. A Provincial Glossary: With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular by Francis Grose (1811)
"N. Swale, or sweal, to singe or burn; as, to sweal a hog; ... sweal is also
sometimes applied to a candle that ..."
7. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To sweal. See To SWALE. •SWAP, (swcp) aa. Hastily; with hasty violence, as he
did it swap : a low word, e 1? ..."
8. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To sweal, vn To melt away hastily, 8. " Pinna let the candle meal." Talei of Уу
Landlord. 44 Su-cal, to waste away, as a candle blown upon by the wind," ..."
9. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To sweal, va To carry a candle in so careless or hurried a way as to make it
blaze away ... Dinna let the candle sweaL" Tales of my Landlord, 1 Ser. i. 104. ..."
10. A Vocabulary, Or Collection of Words and Phrases which Have Been Supposed to by John Pickering (1816)
"Bay and Grose mention this as provincial in England: " sweal: singe. ... sweal'd
cat; a cat whose hair or fur is singed off by sleeping in the ashes. ..."
11. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1833)
"sweal'-ing,ppr.emitting moisture by the skin, causing to sweat. [sweat. S weal' -in
ess, n. moisture from Sweat'-y, a. moist with sweat. ..."
12. A Provincial Glossary: With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular by Francis Grose (1811)
"N. Swale, or sweal, to singe or burn; as, to sweal a hog; ... sweal is also
sometimes applied to a candle that ..."
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