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Webster 1913 Edition


Wale

Wale

,
Noun.
[AS.
walu
a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel.
völr
, Goth.
walus
a rod, staff. √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.

Syn. – welt; weal; wheal.
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

,
Verb.
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Wale

WALE

,
Noun.
1.
In cloth, a ridge or streak rising above the rest. We say, cloth is wove with a wale.
2.
A streak or stripe; the mark of a rod or whip on animal flesh.
Wales of a ship, an assemblage of strong planks, extending along a ships sides throughout the whole length, at different heights, and serving to strengthen the decks and form the curves. They are distinguished into the main wale and the channel wale.

Definition 2024


walë

walë

See also: wale and Wale

Teribe

Noun

walë

  1. woman

References

  • Juan Diego Quesada, A Grammar of Teribe (2000)