Smolder
Pronunciation : Smol"der, Smoul"der
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm?len, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]
Definition : 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.
i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Smol"der, Smoul"der
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Smol"der, Smoul"der
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913