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\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.]
\Swale\, v. i. & t.
To melt and waste away; to singe. See {Sweal}, v.
\Swale\, n.
A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
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- A hollow or depression, especially one in wet, marshy ground.
- A long, narrow, shallow, natural depression in the land.
- An artificial depression excavated to carry water across a region during times of rainfall.
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