Category:Smolder

Smol"der, smoul"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or smouldered; p. Pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or smouldering.] Etym: [oe. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, 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.

Smolder; smoulder Smol"der, smoul"der, v. t.

Defn: to smother; to suffocate; to choke. [obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.

Smolder; smoulder Smol"der, smoul"der, n.

Defn: smoke; smother. [obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.