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swale
1) windy, cold, bleak. N. 2) to singe or burn ; as, to sweal a hog ; a sweal'd cat, a cat whose hai...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A local word in New England, signifying an interval or vale; a tract of low land.--Webster. This word is provincial in Norfolk, England, and means a low place; and shade, in opposition to sunshine.--Forby's Vocabulary.
TO SWALE
To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame; to blaze away.--Pickering. Webster. This word is provincial in England, and is mentioned by Ray, Grose, and other writers.--Craven Glossary.
1) windy, cold, bleak. N. 2) to singe or burn ; as, to sweal a hog ; a sweal'd cat, a cat whose hai...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose