Category:Wale

Wale, n. Etym: [as. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably Originally, a rod; akin to icel. völr, goth. walus a rod, staff. sq. Root146. 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 & Fl.

3. (carp.)

Defn: a timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and In position. Knight.

4. (naut.) (a) pl.

Defn: 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.

Wale Wale, v. t.

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.]