Swale

n. [Perhaps from vale, with s prefixed.]

1Sense 1. A valley or low place; also, shade, in opposition to sunshine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Forby.

2Sense 2. [Gael. & Ir. sgail, a shade, a shadow.] An interval or vale; a tract of low, and usually wet, land. [Local U. S.] Bartlett.

3Sense 3. A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

v. t. & i. To consume; to waste; to sweal. See SWEAL.

To dress, as a hog for bacon, by singeing or burning off the hair. [Prov. Eng.]