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Swale
Pronunciation : Swale
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool.]
Definition : Defn: A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Swale
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
i. & t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Swale
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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