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Webster 1913 Edition


Swallet

Swal′let

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
schwall
a sea swell, from
schwellen
to swell, E.
swell
.]
Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; – so called among tin miners.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Swallet

SWAL'LET

,
Noun.
[See Well.] Among the tin miners, water breaking in upon the miners at their work.

Definition 2024


swallet

swallet

English

Noun

swallet (plural swallets)

  1. (Britain) A sinkhole; a shakehole.
  2. (Britain, dialect, dated, mining, tin mining) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.

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