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swale
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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. [1913 Webster]
swale, v. i. & t.
To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. [1913 Webster]
swale, n.
A gutter in a candle. [1913 Webster]
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