Smol·der, Smoul·der v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.]
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.