Column of loops in a knitted fabric.
A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions.
Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.
1Then it was over the wale and onto one of the thwarts.
2Her thighs spread the wale of her brown cords wide.
3As the thought passed through her, she saw on Amy's neck a frightful upswollen wale.
4The Bertrams were ay the wale o' the countryside!
5Argoth reached up with his good hand, grasped the top wale, and swung his leg up.
6The dreadman's hand grasped the wale behind him.
7Canst thou see the wale of a stick?
8It's all a wale, a wale o' tears.
9Some of the men wore wide-wale corduroy pants and duck boots and cable-knit sweaters and scarves.
10It's like an unbelievably thin, narrow-wale corduroy.
11The captain'll wale me if I don't.
12Mr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.
13It's a wale o' tears an' we ain't got nuthin' else ter look fer but triberlation an' woe.
14Oh, it's a wale o' tears!
16How you t'ink I get so far down the wale of life, Simon, and nebber see sich a t'ing?