n. A gutter in a candle. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. [ 1913 Webster ]