| Definitions of 'WALE' |
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1. (noun) wale, welt, weal, wheal
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
2. (noun) wale, strake
thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
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| Definitions of 'WALE' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) WALE
a streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal
2. (noun) WALE
a ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth
3. (noun) WALE
a timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position
4. (noun) WALE
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
5. (noun) WALE
a wale knot, or wall knot
6. (verb) WALE
to mark with wales, or stripes
7. (verb) WALE
to choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it
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