/smohl"deuhr/ , v.i.
1. to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
2. to exist or continue in a suppressed state or without outward demonstration: Hatred smoldered beneath a polite surface.
3. to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like: to smolder with rage.
n.
4. dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion.
5. a smoldering fire.
Also, smoulder .
[ 1275-1325; (n.) ME smolder smoky vapor, dissimilated var. of smorther SMOTHER; (v.) ME (as prp. smolderende ), deriv. of the n. ]