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swalings

swalings is the plural of swaling.

Meaning of swaling

Noun

swaling (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

Questions about swalings

What is swalings the plural of?
Swalings is the plural of swaling.

Words near swalings in the dictionary

  1. swales
  2. Swaleses
  3. swalier
  4. swaliest
  5. swaling
  6. swalings
  7. SWALK
  8. Swall Meadows
  9. swaller
  10. swallered
  11. swallering

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