Smolder /(?)/

Smol·der

Smolder

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Smoldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering

  1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
    The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
  2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

Smolder

v. t.
  1. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.]

Smolder

n.
  1. Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
    The smolder stops our nose with stench.