(a.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
(a.) The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
(a.) A sleeping potion; an opiate.
Example Sentences:
Swale
Definition:
(n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
(v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
(n.) A gutter in a candle.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is an excruciating fly-on-the-wall witness to Allison's vainglory, Swales's self-regard for his own leadership qualities and the poor young players' overpromoted helplessness.
(2) We had hounded Swales out, in an unforgiving public humiliation, for a childhood hero we believed would make us happy again.
(3) Previously he was chief executive of Amicus Group and Swale Housing Association.
(4) Ian Swales MP, a member of the Commons public acccounts committee, said of the BBC's refusal to say how much DMI has cost"this type of secrecy is inappropriate".
(5) He said 13 were pledged to vote against: Tim Farron, Charles Kennedy, Sir Menzies Campbell, Mike Hancock, Bob Russell, Greg Mulholland, John Pugh, Mark Williams, Roger Williams, Martin Horwood, Julian Huppert, Ian Swales and John Leech.
(6) The overspending on new players by Allison and Swales is still legendary.
(7) Quinn Swales was taking guests on a photographic walking safari in Hwange national park at dawn on Monday when he was charged by the male, according to the Camp Hwange lodge.
(8) Boats were used for surveying areas of the Medway and Swale estuaries, while researchers on foot were able to get to spots the boats could not reach.
(9) The letter in Wednesday's Guardian is signed by Huppert, Annette Brooke, Malcolm Bruce, Mike Crockart, Andrew George, Mike Hancock, John Leech, Greg Mulholland, John Pugh, Alan Reid, Adrian Sanders, Ian Swales, David Ward, Mark Williams, Stephen Gilbert and Roger Williams.
(10) The signatories of the letter are Huppert, Annette Brooke, Malcolm Bruce, Mike Crockart, Andrew George, Mike Hancock, John Leech, Greg Mulholland, John Pugh, Alan Reid, Adrian Sanders, Ian Swales, David Ward, Mark Williams, Stephen Gilbert and Roger Williams.
(11) In the week of that final match, Peter Swales had died aged 62, a broken man shattered by his ousting.
(12) They were: Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley) Michael Crockart (Edinburgh West) Andrew George (St Ives) Julian Huppert (Cambridge) Dan Rogerson (Cornwall North) Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) Ian Swales (Redcar) Sarah Teather (Brent Central) Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire).
(13) Gateshead and Tamworth have 30.7% adult obesity, while two other districts, Swale and Medway in Kent, have also for the first time nudged over the 30% line.
(14) Brown works for Swale borough council as an apprentice within the commissioning and open spaces department.
(15) He resigned the day after being named by Cable as the senior party figure who had commissioned the surveys from pollsters ICM that showed Clegg in Sheffield Hallam, Munt in Wells, Swales in Redcar and Cable in Twickenham were likely to lose their seats under the current leadership.
(16) Swales had not, in fact, been extracted out of Maine Road; he still owned 10% of the club.
(17) Ian Swales, a Liberal Democrat member of the PAC, asked: "All the schemes you have marketed are now illegal, so you are now looking for the next loophole – is that a fair description of your business?"
(18) We can confirm that Quinn did everything he could to successfully protect his guests and ensure their safety, and that no guests were injured in the incident.” The safari industry paid tribute to Swales.
(19) Ian Swales, the Redcar MP whose constituency Oakeshott also polled, told his local Gazette that the results suggesting he would lose his seat were "based on a small sample and look very amateurish".
(20) The global popularity of the English Premier League, shown and watched in 200 countries around the world, means that Manchester City, Peter Swales's cocked-up football club I grew up supporting, is a huge media phenomenon.