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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)
, waled, wal·ing.
- to mark with wales.
- to weave with wales.
- Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
wale
1/ weɪl /
noun
- the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
- the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy
- a vertical row of stitches in knitting Compare course
- nautical
- a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship
- See gunwale
verb
- to raise a wale or wales on by striking
- to weave with a wale
wale
2/ weɪl /
noun
- a choice
- anything chosen as the best
adjective
- choice
verb
- tr to choose
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wale1
First recorded before 1050; Middle English; Old English walu “ridge, rib, welt”; cognate with Old Norse vǫlr, Gothic walus “rod, wand”; wheal;
Origin of wale2
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English noun wal(e), from Old Norse val “choice,”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wale1
Old English walu weal 1; related to Old Norse vala knuckle, Dutch wäle
Origin of wale2
C14: from Old Norse val choice, related to German Wahl
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Example Sentences
It was on the Derby, he himself having bet that the Prince of Wale's horse would win.
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As the thought passed through her, she saw on Amy's neck a frightful upswollen wale.
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Mr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.
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We may doubt, however, whether she had ever realized how terribly her scourges would wale him.
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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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