Difference between revisions of "Swale"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_182184" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_182184" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. </p> <p> (2): (v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A gutter in a candle. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A gutter in a candle. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80369" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80369" /> == |
Latest revision as of 18:03, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
(2): ( v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
(3): ( n.) A gutter in a candle.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A river in the North Riding of Yorkshire, uniting, after a course of 60 miles, with the Ure to form the Ouse.