swaling

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noun

Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of swale
nounswaling (plural swalings)

plural swalings

  1. Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.

    Metal cups, or basins, were very generally employed in churches for catching the swalings of wax candles, wax being a commodity too valuable to be wasted.

    1929, Archaeologia Cantiana, volume 41, page 68
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