\Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
{Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm["o]len,
smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
   and supressed combustion.
         The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                               --Spenser.
2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
   to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

\Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t.
To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Palsgrave.

\Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n.
Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
      The smolder stops our nose with stench.  --Gascoigne.