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   Wale (?), n. [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. völr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. √146.   Cf. Goal, Weal a wale.]
   
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   1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal.  See Wheal.  Holland.
   
   Syn. -- welt; weal; wheal.
   
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   2. A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
   
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   Thou 'rt rougher far,
   
   And of a coarser wale, fuller of pride. Beau. & Fl.
   
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   3. (Carp.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.  Knight.
   
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   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.
   
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   Wale knot. (Naut.) See Wall knot, under 1st Wall.
   
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   Wale, v. t.
   1. To mark with wales, or stripes.
   
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   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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