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smoulder


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smolder  \Smol"der\,  Smoulder  \Smoul"der\,  n. 
  Smoke;  smother.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  smolder  stops  our  nose  with  stench.  --Gascoigne. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smolder  \Smol"der\,  Smoulder  \Smoul"der\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Smoldered}or  {Smouldered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Smoldering}  or 
  {Smouldering}.]  [OE.  smolderen;  cf  Prov.  G.  sm["o]len, 
  smelen  D.  smeulen  Cf  {Smell}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smolder  \Smol"der\,  Smoulder  \Smoul"der\,  v.  t. 
  To  smother;  to  suffocate;  to  choke.  [Obs.]  --Holinshed. 
  Palsgrave. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smoulder  \Smoul"der\,  v.  i. 
  See  {Smolder}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smoulder 
  n  :  a  smouldering  fire;  "the  smoulder  became  a  blaze" 
  v  1:  have  strong  suppressed  feelings  [syn:  {smolder}] 
  2:  burn  slowly  and  without  without  a  flame;  "a  smoldering  fire" 
  [syn:  {smolder}] 




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