Swale : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Swale	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Swale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swale n a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swale \Swale\, v. i. & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See {Sweal}, v.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swale \Swale\, n. A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[81]l sultry, Icel. sv[91]la 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.