From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Smolderedor 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.
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The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
--Spenser.
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2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t.
To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Palsgrave.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n.
Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
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The smolder stops our nose with stench. --Gascoigne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i.
See Smolder.
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