Wale
wale (?), n. (AS. walu a mark ofstripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel.
volr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. r146. Cf.
Goal, Weal a wale.)
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
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.
wale , v. t. 1. To markwith 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.)
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