What does "swale" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
  2. 3.A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]

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