σφᾰρᾰγ-έομαι,
A). burst with a noise, crackle, sputter, as liquids when thrown upon the fire,
σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι the roots of his eye
crackled or
hissed (when Odysseus burnt them with the hot stake),
Od. 9.390 .
II). groan with fulness, to be full to bursting,
οὔθατα γὰρ σφαραγεῦντο ib.
440 .