v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Swealed p. pr. & vb. n. Swealing. ] [ OE. swelen to burn, AS. swelan; akin to G. schwelen to burn slowly, schwül sultry, Icel. svaela a thick smoke. ] To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. [ Written also swale. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]