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1. (n.) wale
a ridge or stripe produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
2. wale
the vertical rib or cord in woven cloth.
3. wale
the texture or weave of a fabric.
4. wale
any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship.
5. wale
a horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members.
6. (v.t.) wale
to mark with wales.
7. wale
to weave with wales.
8. wale
to reinforce with a wale or wales.
Etymology: (bef. 1050; ME; OE walu ridge, rib)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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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Webster 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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