| wale | 1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See 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. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. 4. 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. A wale knot, or wall knot. Wale knot. See Wall knot, under 1st Wall. Origin: AS. Walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. Volr, Goth. Walus a rod, staff. Cf. Goal, Weal a wale. 1. To mark with wales, or stripes. 2. <chemical> To choose; to select; specifically, to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
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a wooden or metal piece or assemblage placed inside and/or outside the wall of a cofferdam, crib, or similar structure, usually in a horizontal position to maintain shape and increase rigidity, stability, and strength. An assemblage of wale pieces is termed a waling
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One of the heavy planks or strakes extending length-wise along the sides of a wooden ship. As in upper, middle and lower wale. ***
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In woven fabric, one series of ribs, cords, or raised portions. In corduroy fabric, wales per inch are counted to distinguish broad- from fine-textured cloth. The higher the wale number, the finer the texture of the fabric.
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In knit fabrics, a column of loops lying lengthwise in the fabric. The number of wales per inch is a measure of the fabric's fineness. In woven fabrics, one of a series of ribs or cords, running either warp wise or filling wise.
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| wale | thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship |
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| wale | a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip) |
| wale | one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| wale | Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943) |
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