SMOLDER; SMOULDER
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.
SMOLDERING; SMOULDERING
Smol"der*ing, Smoul"der*ing, a.
Defn: Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.
Tennyson.
SMOLDERINGNESS; SMOULDERINGNESS
Smol"der*ing*ness, Smoul"der*ing*ness, n.