Hypertext Webster Gateway: "smolder"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n.
Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
The smolder stops our nose with stench. --Gascoigne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
{Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm["o]len,
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t.
To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Palsgrave.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
smolder
v 1: burn slowly and without without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
[syn: {smoulder}]
2: have strong suppressed feelings [syn: {smoulder}]
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