Sweal

·vi To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.

II. Sweal ·vt To Singe; to Scorch; to Swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.

sweal
, swale to singe or burn ; as, to sweal a hog ; a sweal'd cat, a cat whose hair or fur is singed of...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose