Bible Dictionaries
Sweal

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.

(2):

(v. i.) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.

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