swale
1Swale — is a local government district in Kent, England. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The borough is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the …
2Swale — Distrito del Reino Unido Ubicación en el condado de Kent …
3Swale — 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] …
4Swale — Swale, v. i. & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See {Sweal}, v. [1913 Webster] …
5Swale — Swale, n. A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …
6swale — low, hollow place, often boggy, 1580s, special use of Scottish swaill low, hollow place, or dialectal East Anglian swale shady place (mid 15c.); both probably from O.N. svalr cool, from P.Gmc. *swalaz …
7swale — swale·dale; swale; …
8Swale — Swale, Nebenfluß der Ouse in der Grafschaft York (England); die Gegend an ihm heißt Swaledale …
9Swale — (spr. ßwehl), engl. Fluß, s. Ouse …
10swale — [swāl] n. [ME, shade, prob. < ON svalr, cool, akin to OE swelan, to burn, ignite < IE base * swel > SWELTER] 1. a hollow, depression, or low area of land ☆ 2. such a place in a wet, marshy area …
