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Definition or meaning of the English word Wale
A ridge or streak rising above the surface; as of cloth; hence; the texture of cloth. (n.). To mark with wales; or stripes. (v. t.). A wale knot; or wall knot. (n.). A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. (n.). To choose; to select; specifically Mining (v. t.). A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal. (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.). |
