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Wale

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Noun

1. wale, weal, welt, wheal

a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

2. strake, wale

thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

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Wale

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noun
1. 
the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
2. 
a. 
the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy
b. 
a vertical row of stitches in knitting
Compare course (sense 14)
3. nautical
a. 
a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship
b.  gunwale
verb (transitive)
4. 
to raise a wale or wales on by striking
5. 
to weave with a wale
noun
1. 
a choice
2. 
anything chosen as the best
adjective
3. 
choice
verb
4. (transitive)
to choose

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Wale

see synonyms of wale
noun
1. 
a raised line or streak made on the skin by the slash of a stick or whip; welt; weal
2. 
a. 
a ridge on the surface of cloth, as corduroy
b. 
texture of cloth
3. 
a band or ridge woven around the body of a basket to brace it
4.  Nautical
any of several strakes or heavy planks fastened to the outside of the hull of a wooden ship
usually used in pl.
verb transitiveWord forms: waled or ˈwaling
5. 
to mark (the skin) with wales
6. 
to make (cloth) or weave (wickerwork) with wales
noun Scottish and North England
1. 
choice; selection
2. 
that chosen as best
verb transitiveWord forms: waled or ˈwaling
3.  Scottish and North England
to choose; pick out; select

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Wale

see synonyms of wale
n.
1. A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt.
2.
a. One of the parallel ribs or ridges in the surface of a fabric such as corduroy.
b. The texture or weave of such a fabric: a wide wale.
3. Nautical
a. A gunwale.
b. One of the heavy planks or strakes extending along the sides of a wooden ship.
tr.v. waled, wal·ing, wales
To raise marks on (the skin), as by whipping.

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