| Wale (wale) |
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| Wale |
| [AS. walu a mark of
stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel.
völr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. ***radic]146. Cf.
Goal, Weal a wale.]
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A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or
whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as
of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
A timber bolted to a row of piles
to secure them together and in position.
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.
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To mark
with wales, or stripes.
To choose; to select; specifically
(Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to
clean it.
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