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SWALING
Verb
swaling
present participle of swale
Noun
swaling (plural swalings)
Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.
Anagrams
• Lawings, lawings, walings
Source: Wiktionary
SWALE
Swale, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool.]
Definition: A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
Swale, v. i. & t.
Definition: To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
Swale, n.
Definition: A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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