Swale

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swale \Swale\, n. [Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool.]
     A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land;
     a moor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Swale \Swale\, v. i. & t.
     To melt and waste away; to singe. See {Sweal}, v.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swale \Swale\, n.
     A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sweal \Sweal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swealed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Swealing}.] [OE. swelen to burn, AS. swelan; akin to G.
     schwelen to burn slowly, schw["u]l sultry, Icel. svaela a
     thick smoke.]
     To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste
     away without feeding the flame. [Written also {swale}.] --Sir
     W. Scott.
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