smouldered
simple past tense and past participle of smoulder
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Definition: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.
Smol"der, Smoul"der, n.
Definition: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
Smoul"der, v. i.
Definition: See Smolder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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