smouldering
 熏; 隱燃
 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.
 Smol·der·ing, Smoul·der·ing, a. Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
 Some evil chance
 Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.   --Tennyson.
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 smouldering
      adj 1: showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone
             was...conversational although...her eyes were
             smoldering"- James Hensel [syn: smoldering]
      2: burning slowly without flame; "smoldering embers" [syn: smoldering]