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wale
1[ weyl ]
noun
- a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric ( course ).
- the texture or weave of a fabric.
- Nautical.
- any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship.
- Also called breast timber,. Engineering, Building Trades. a horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members, as sheet piling or concrete form boards, or for retaining earth at the edge of an excavation.
- a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
verb (used with object)
- to mark with wales.
- to weave with wales.
- Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
wale
1/ weɪl /
noun
- a choice
- anything chosen as the best
adjective
- choice
verb
- tr to choose
wale
2/ weɪl /
noun
verb
- to raise a wale or wales on by striking
- to weave with a wale
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Example Sentences
It was on the Derby, he himself having bet that the Prince of Wale's horse would win.
As the thought passed through her, she saw on Amy's neck a frightful upswollen wale.
Mr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.
We may doubt, however, whether she had ever realized how terribly her scourges would wale him.
His business was to wale dismal, and bow his head down, the band (a barrel organ and a wiolin) playin slow and melancholly moosic.
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