Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Swale
Swale (swāl), 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.]
Swale, v. i. & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
Swale, n. A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]