Wale
A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
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.
A wale knot, or wall knot.
To mark with wales, or stripes.
To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.
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Wale Translations
wale in German is Strieme
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