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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Swale

· IPA /sweɪl/
01 n. A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
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    A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
02 v. i. & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
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    To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. See: Sweal
03 n. A gutter in a candle.
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    A gutter in a candle.[Prov. Eng.]