Bible Dictionaries
Smouldering

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

of Smoulder

(2):

(a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Smouldering'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/smouldering.html. 1828.