Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweals
Literary usage of Sweals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"A candle in a draught, melting on one side, sweals away. Of a consumptive person
it is said, “ his life sweals out of him,” as he gradually fades. ..."
2. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."
3. Wonders of Nature: As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."
4. Two Collections of Derbicisms Containing Words and Phrases in a Great by Samuel Pegge, Thomas Hallam (1896)
"... swee'ul], v. ; the wind sweals the grass ; not only checks its growth, but
cuts off and consumes ita blade ; as uro of the Latins. See above. ..."
5. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1906)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."
6. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1871)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat ..."
7. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1887)
"... half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals
from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of the tropic sun: ..."
8. At Last, a Christmas in the West Indies: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1880)
"... as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of
the tropic sun: and no wonder if some of the cottages have sunk right and ..."
9. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"A candle in a draught, melting on one side, sweals away. Of a consumptive person
it is said, “ his life sweals out of him,” as he gradually fades. ..."
10. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."
11. Wonders of Nature: As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1900)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."
12. Two Collections of Derbicisms Containing Words and Phrases in a Great by Samuel Pegge, Thomas Hallam (1896)
"... swee'ul], v. ; the wind sweals the grass ; not only checks its growth, but
cuts off and consumes ita blade ; as uro of the Latins. See above. ..."
13. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1906)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out, as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the ..."
14. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1871)
"The soil is half pitch, half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and
out as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat ..."
15. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1887)
"... half brown earth, among which the pitch sweals in and out, as tallow sweals
from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of the tropic sun: ..."
16. At Last, a Christmas in the West Indies: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1880)
"... as tallow sweals from a candle. It is always in slow motion under the heat of
the tropic sun: and no wonder if some of the cottages have sunk right and ..."
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