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swaling

swaling

English

Verb

swaling

present participle of swale

Noun

swaling ‎(plural swalings)

Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.
- 1929, Archaeologia Cantiana (volume 41, page 68)
  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.