English

Etymology
OE. walu "a stripe or ridge". Akin to Low German w�le; Old Norse vala "knuckle".

Pronunciation
rhymes|eɪl

Noun
en-noun

1. A ridge or low barrier.
2. A raised rib in knit goods or fabric. (As opposed to course)
3. The texture of a piece of fabric.
4. The outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale)
5. A horizontal timber use for support or retaining earth.
6. A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
7. A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.

Verb
en-verb|wal|ing

1. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale.

#*1832: Owen Felltham, Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political
#*:Would suffer his lazy rider to bestride his patie: back, with his hands and whip to wale his flesh, and with his heels to dig into his hungry bowels?
#*2002: Hal Rothman, Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century
#*:When faced with an adulthood that offered few options, grinding poverty and marriage to a man who drank too much and came home to wale on his own family or...no beatings.

See also
whale
weal
wheal

Hawaiian

Noun
haw-noun

1. phlegm
2. saliva

Scots

Etymology
From ON.|sco val.

Pronunciation
IPA|/wel/

Noun
sco-noun

1. choice, selection

Verb
sco-verb|wales|walin|waled

1. To choose.

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• 2007-08-13 11:05 - Williamsayers79 - trim en-verb inclusion

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