Thesaurus: wale

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1. n. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
2. n. A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
3. n. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
4. n. 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.
5. n. A wale knot, or wall knot.
6. v. t. To mark with wales, or stripes.
7. v. t. To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.
8. n. a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
9. n. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
10. 1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal. Holland. 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. (Carp.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. Knight. 4. (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. 1. To mark with wales, or stripes. 2. To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
11. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together andin position. Knight.
12. n. a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions n. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship