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To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.

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  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.
  3. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. [Written also swale.] Sir W. Scott. To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
  4. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste awaywithout feeding the flame. [Written also swale.] Sir W. Scott.
  5. v. i. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. v. t. To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.