SWALES

Noun

swales

plural of swale

Anagrams

• Lawses, Wassel, awless, sweals

Source: Wiktionary


SWALE

Swale, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool.]

Definition: A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Swale, v. i. & t.

Definition: To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.

Swale, n.

Definition: A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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