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Swale vs Spale - What's the difference?

swale | spale |

As nouns the difference between swale and spale

is that swale is a low tract of moist or marshy land while spale is a chip or splinter of wood.

As a verb swale

is alternative form of nodot=yes lang=en (melt and waste away, or singe.

swale

English

Etymology 1

, from (etyl), "shade", perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to (etyl) svalr

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low tract of moist or marshy land.
  • A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
  • A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
  • A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
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    • Jane climbed a few more paces behind him and then peeped over the ridge. Just beyond began a shallow swale that deepened and widened into a valley, and then swung to the left.
  • A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope). Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

    • Etymology 2

    See sweal.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A gutter in a candle.

    • Verb

    (swal)
  • (melt and waste away, or singe)

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    spale

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chip or splinter of wood.
  • A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
  • A strengthening cross timber.
  • (ship-building) One of a number of cross-bands fastened temprarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured; a spaling.
    • (Webster 1913)

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