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swale
(encz) | swale,močál Zdeněk Brož |
swale
(encz) | swale,mokřina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Swale
(gcide) | 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.]
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Swale
(gcide) | Swale \Swale\, v. i. & t.
To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
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Swale
(gcide) | Swale \Swale\, n.
A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
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swale
(gcide) | 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["u]l sultry, Icel. svaela 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.
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swale
(wn) | swale
n 1: a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) |
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Swale
(gcide) | 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.]
[1913 Webster]Swale \Swale\, v. i. & t.
To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
[1913 Webster]Swale \Swale\, n.
A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]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["u]l sultry, Icel. svaela 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.
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