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swale

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWALE

n.[probably from vale. ] A local word in New England, signifying an interval or vale; a tract of low land. 1. In England, a shade.

 

SWALE

v.i.To waste. [See Sweal. ]

 

SWALE

v.t.To dress a hog for bacon, by singeing or burning off his hair. [Local. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWALE

Swale, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool. ]

 

Defn: A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

 

SWALE

SWALE Swale, v. i. & t.

 

Defn: To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.

 

SWALE

SWALE Swale, n.

 

Defn: A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swale

swale |swāl sweɪl | ▶noun a low or hollow place, esp. a marshy depression between ridges. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: British, of unknown origin.

 

Swaledale

Swale |dale |ˈsweɪldeɪl | ▶noun a sheep of a small hardy breed with long, coarse wool. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from the name of a region in North Yorkshire.

 

Oxford Dictionary

swale

swale |sweɪl | ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. & dialect a low or hollow place, especially a marshy depression between ridges. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: of unknown origin; probably taken to America from eastern England, where it is still in use.

 

Swaledale

Swale |dale |ˈsweɪldeɪl | ▶noun a sheep of a small hardy breed with long, coarse wool. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from the name of a region in North Yorkshire.