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- English Word Swale Definition To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
- English Word Swale Definition A gutter in a candle.
- English Word Swallet Definition Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.
- English Word Swallow Definition Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.
- English Word Swallow Definition Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
- English Word Swallow Definition The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
- English Word Swallow Definition To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
- English Word Swallow Definition To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
- English Word Swallow Definition To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
- English Word Swallow Definition To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
- English Word Swallow Definition To occupy; to take up; to employ.
- English Word Swallow Definition To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
- English Word Swallow Definition To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
- English Word Swallow Definition To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
- English Word Swallow Definition To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
- English Word Swallow Definition The act of swallowing.
- English Word Swallow Definition The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
- English Word Swallow Definition Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
- English Word Swallow Definition Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
- English Word Swallow Definition As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.