swales
plural of swale
• Lawses, Wassel, awless, sweals
Source: Wiktionary
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
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
