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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wale \wale\, n. as. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably
originally, a rod; akin to icel. v"olr, goth. walus a rod,
staff. root146. cf. goal, weal a wale.
1913 webster
1. a streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a
stripe; a wheal. see wheal. --holland.
syn: welt; weal; wheal.
1913 webster
2. a ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth;
hence, the texture of cloth.
1913 webster
thou 'rt rougher far,
and of a coarser wale, fuller of pride. --beau.
fl.
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3. carp. a timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them
together and in position. --knight.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
wale knot. naut. see wall knot, under 1st wall.
1913 webster
see also:
goal weal wheal wale knot wall knot wall
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Wale, definition of term: Wale
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Fishermans Knot, definition of term: Fishermans Knot
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