English Dictionary

swaling

名詞

Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.

日本語の意味

ろうそくの縁を流れる溶けた蝋

She carefully wiped the swaling from the candleholder before the guests arrived.

彼女は客が来る前に、ろうそくの縁を伝って垂れた蝋を燭台から丁寧に拭き取った。

意味（1）

Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.

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.

swalings （ plural ）