dwale /dweɪl/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •Belladonna or a similar soporific plant.Beneath and around the clumps of ragged moss-grown elder and hoary stunted whitethorn (...) rise thickets of tall nettles and rank hemlock, concealing the deadly but alluring dwale — — 1842 •(dialect) A torpor.He's in a dwale, a dead sleep; a common expression in the North of England. — 1874 •A bugbear.Consume us; shake the darkness like a tree, And fill the night with mischiefs, — blights and dwales, Weevils, and rots, and cankers! — 1856 •(no longer used) A sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna.The authors studied the ingredients and method of administration to try to ascertain whether dwale was effective, and they found it certainly could have worked. — 2007 verb1 •(dialect) To mutter deliriously. formsdwaled · dwaling · dwales
