4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sweal  \Sweal\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Swealed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Swealing}.]  [OE.  swelen  to  burn,  AS  swelan  akin  to  G. 
  schwelen  to  burn  slowly,  schw["u]l  sultry,  Icel.  sv[ae]la  a 
  thick  smoke.] 
  To  melt  and  run  down  as  the  tallow  of  a  candle;  to  waste 
  away  without  feeding  the  flame.  [Written  also  {swale}.]  --Sir 
  W.  Scott. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swale  \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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swale  \Swale\,  v.  i.  &  t. 
  To  melt  and  waste  away  to  singe.  See  {Sweal},  v. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swale  \Swale\,  n. 
  A  gutter  in  a  candle.  [Prov.  Eng.] 

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