swithering

Verb (1)

swither (third-person singular simple present swithers, present participle swithering, simple past and past participle swithered)

1. (dialectal) To burn, scorch, singe.
2. (dialectal) To burn slowly, melt (as a candle), sweal
3. (dialectal, figuratively) To smart, ache; tingle

Verb (2)

swither (third-person singular simple present swithers, present participle swithering, simple past and past participle swithered)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.
2. To move or swing about.
   • He was filling his pipe, staring at his picture, not her, and this tacit dismissal allowed her to sidle over to the bank higher up, and there swither her legs about in the water before coming out of it.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 51

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