About The Word Wale
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Wale
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What's The Definition Of Wale?
[n] thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
[n] a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions Synonyms | Synonyms for Wale: strake | weal | welt | wheal Related Terms | Find terms related to Wale: See Also | board | garboard | garboard plank | garboard strake | gun rest | gunnel | gunwale | harm | hurt | injury | plank | trauma | vessel | watercraft Wale In Webster's Dictionary \Wale\, n. [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably
originally, a rod; akin to Icel. v["o]lr, Goth. walus a rod,
staff. [root]146. Cf. {Goal}, {Weal} a wale.]
1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a
stripe; a wheal. See {Wheal}. --Holland.
2. A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth;
hence, the texture of cloth.
Thou 'rt rougher far, And of a coarser wale, fuller
of pride. --Beau & Fl.
3. (Carp.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them
together and in position. --Knight.
4. (Naut.)
(a) pl. Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of
a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of
planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel
wales, or those along the spar deck, etc.
(b) A wale knot, or wall knot.
{Wale knot}. (Naut.) See {Wall knot}, under 1st {Wall}.
\Wale\, v. t. 1. To mark with wales, or stripes. 2. To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] |
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