Wale

[Wale]

A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

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A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.

Noun
thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

Noun
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions


n.
A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.

n.
A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.

n.
A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

n.
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.

n.
A wale knot, or wall knot.

v. t.
To mark with wales, or stripes.

v. t.
To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.


Wale

Wale , n. [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. v'94lr, 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.
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

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.]

A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.

To mark with wales, or stripes.

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