wale
[noun]
Synonyms: wheal, weal, welt, whelk, whelp

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wale noun¹ & verb¹. [weɪl]
[Late Old English walu = Low German wāle weal, Old Norse vala knuckle. Cf. WEAL noun², verb.]
A. noun.
1. A ridge of earth or stone. Only in LOE.

2. = WEAL noun² 1. LOE.

3. Nautical.
a. = GUNWALE. ME.
b. Any of the broad thick timbers forming the outer sides of a ship. Usu. in pl. ME.

4. A ridge or raised line of threads in a woven fabric; the texture of a fabric with such lines. L16.

5. Each of the horizontal timbers between the piles of a dam etc. Also wale-piece. M17.

6. A ridge on a horse's collar. L18.

7. Basket-making. Any of the horizontal bands round the body of a basket of intertwined rods. E20.

Comb.:
wale-knot = WALL-KNOT; wale-piece: see sense 5 above.
b. verb trans.
1. = WEAL verb 2. LME.

2. a. Military. Weave (a gabion etc.). M19.
b. Basket-making. Intertwine (rods) to make a wale; provide with a wale or wales. M19.

■ waling noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) (any of) the wales used to brace a dam etc.; (c) Nautical the timbers forming the wale of a boat; (d) Basket-making the wales of a basket: M19.

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wale noun², adjective, & verb². [weɪl] Scot. & north. ME.
[Old Norse val corresp. to Old High German wala (German Wahl), from Germanic base also of WILL verb¹.]
A. noun.
1. The action or an act of choosing; (a) choice. Also, scope for choice. ME.

2. A thing chosen as the best; a choice example. E16.
B. adjective. Chosen; choice, select. ME-L18.
C. verb.
1. verb trans. Choose, select; sort. ME.

2. verb intrans. Make a choice; choose. ME.

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