swaling

English

Verb

swaling

  1. present participle and gerund of swale

Noun

swaling (plural swalings)

  1. Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.
    • 1929, Archaeologia Cantiana, volume 41, page 68:
      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.

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