smolder

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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. Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. t. Defn: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave. Smol"der, Smoul"der, n. Defn: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.