swaling

English

Verb

swaling

1. present participle and gerund of swale

Noun

swaling (plural swalings)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Lawings, lawings, walings