Smōul'der1, v. n.
v. n. D. smeulen, to smolder. See SMOOR and SMORE.] To burn and smoke without sufficient air; to waste away by a slow and suppressed combustion.
The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.
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v. n. D. smeulen, to smolder. See SMOOR and SMORE.] To burn and smoke without sufficient air; to waste away by a slow and suppressed combustion.
The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.
n. Smothered combustion. [Obs.]
The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
See SMOLDER.