Look up: Swale

1. Swale
   A shallow vegetated channel designed to conduct and retain water, but may also permit infiltration; the vegetation filters particulate matter
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2. swale
   a moist or marshy depression Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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3. Swale
   Swale noun [ Confer Icelandic 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.]
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4. Swale
   Swale intransitive verb & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal , v.
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5. Swale
   Swale noun A gutter in a candle. [ Prov. Eng.]
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6. swale
   <ecology> A hollow or depression, especially one in wet, marshy ground. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...
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7. swale
   noun a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
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8. Swale
   • (n.) A gutter in a candle. • (v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v. • (n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
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9. Swale
   borough (district), administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England, on the south side of the Thames estuary at its mouth. Swale ...
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10. Swale
    HMS Swale was a British River Class frigate of 1460 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Swale was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots. She carried a complement of 140 and was armed with two 4-inch dual-purpose guns; ten 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and one Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
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11. swale
    A moderately contoured depression or dip in terrain.
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12. Swale
    A depression in the terrain.
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13. Swale
    !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Borough of Swale !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics `Swale` is a local government district in Kent, England. Its council is based in S...
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14. Swale
    (geographic feature) built in a residential area to manage stormwater runoff. A `swale` is a low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy. The term can refer to a natural landscape feature or a human-created one. Artificial swales are often designed to manage water runoff, filter...
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15. Swale
    (horse) `Swale` (April 21, 1981 – June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. A son of the 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, Swale was trained by Woody Stephens and ridden by Laffit Pincay, Jr., both now members of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Swale`s...
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