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 Wale n.
 1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal.  See Wheal.
 Syn: -- welt; weal; wheal.
 2. A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
 Thou 'rt rougher far,
 And of a coarser wale, fuller of pride.   --Beau. & Fl.
 3. Carp. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
 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.
 Wale knot. Naut. See Wall knot, under 1st Wall.