swale¹ /swāl/ (dialect)

1. A shady spot
2. Shade
3. A sunken or marshy place

swālˈy adjective

swale² /swāl/

To sway

sweal, sweel /swēl/, swale or swayl /swāl/ (dialect)

1. To scorch
2. To singe
3. To roast in the skin
4. To burn off (eg heather and gorse, or soot in a chimney)
5. To cause (a candle) to gutter
6. To waste away

1. To be burning hot
2. (of a candle) to gutter

swealˈing, swalˈing or swaylˈing noun and adjective

• bush pigs
• bush pilot
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• bush shirt
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• bush-shrike
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• bush sickness
• bush tea
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• bushtit
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• bushveld
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• bushwalk
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• bushwalkers
• bushwalking
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