n. A shade, or shady spot.n. A low place; a slight depression in a region in general nearly level, especially one of the lower tracts of what is called in the western United States “rolling prairie.”Bleak; windy.To melt and run down, as from heat; show the effects of great heat, whether by melting or by burning slowly.To burn, whether by singeing or by causing to melt or to run down; especially, to dress, as an animal killed for food, by singeing off the hair.n. A gutter in a candle.