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noun

Wale n.

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

Synonyms: welt; weal; wheal.

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."

(Carp.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wale" Quotes from Famous Books

... view your partners weel, Wale each a blythesome rogie; I'll tak this lassie to mysel', She looks sae keen and vogie. Now, piper lads, bang up the spring, The country fashion is the thing, To pree their mou's ere we begin To dance ...

— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various

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