Sweal in English
- sweal⇄sweal,
(Dialect.) - sweal⇄v.i. 1. of a candle, tallow, or the like:
a. to melt (away).
b. to gutter.
2. (Figurative.) to waste away. - sweal⇄v.t. to cause to waste away like a guttering candle.
Ex. ... the time not spent in study, for the most part swealed away (C. Mather).