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SMOULDERING
smoldering, smouldering
(adjective) showing scarcely suppressed anger; “her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering”- James Hensel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
smouldering
present participle of smoulder
Noun
smouldering (plural smoulderings)
(sometimes, figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
Anagrams
• remouldings
Source: Wiktionary
Smol"der*ing, Smoul"der*ing, a.
Definition: Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead. Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze. Tennyson.
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.
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
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