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Wale v. t.

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. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wale" Quotes from Famous Books

... better, so dar's some appolleragee fur 'em; but I gin yer for th noe as how, a wicked nigger can nibber scape frum de vengence ob de Lord-day's no use playin possum any more dan day was ob Joner coorin it into de wale's belly! (Glory from the congregation) Let um go to de Norf Pole, or to de Souf Pole, to de West Pole, or to de East Pole, or de Poles in any ob de words; he ant a bit safer den he would be in a cellar at 5 pints, ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Kentucky Narratives • Works Projects Administration

... of its tail there hung a great wale, And a-ridin' on its back was sharks; On the top of its head about two hundred seals Was a-havin' ...

— Successful Recitations • Various

... around the stern on these frames was vertical staving that had been tapered, hollowed, and shaped to fit the flare of the stern. This vertical staving was usually 1-3/4 inches thick before it was finished. The raw edges of the deck plank were covered by a false wale 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick and 3 or 4 inches deep, and by an oak guard strip that was half-oval in section and tapered toward the ends. Vertical staving was used to carry the wale around the stern. The guard around the stern was ...

— The Migrations of an American Boat Type • Howard I. Chapelle

... the marvelous, and not less so when a handsome young man is the subject of the tale, added their shrill acclamations to the general all-hail. "Blessings on him—he's the very picture o' his father! The Bertrams were ay the wale o' the countryside!" ...

— The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III • Various

... his life was gone—a King discrowned, dethroned. Feeling now every wale on his back and legs, he ...

— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton

Words linked to "Wale" : weal, injury, gun rest, board, gunwale, watercraft, narrow wale, trauma, vessel, garboard strake, garboard, plank