gale
(noun) a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gale
A surname.
• Gael, Lega, egal, geal, lage, leag
gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past gole or galed, past participle galen or galed)
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
(intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
(intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
gale (plural gales)
(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
An outburst, especially of laughter.
(literary, archaic) A light breeze.
(obsolete) A song or story.
• (meteorology): breeze, hurricane, storm
gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past and past participle galed)
(nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
gale
A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
gale (plural gales)
(archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
• Gael, Lega, egal, geal, lage, leag
Source: Wiktionary
Gale, n. Etym: [Prob. of Scand.. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gjla gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. Yell.]
1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen ("moderate") to about eighty ("very heavy") miles an our. Sir. W. S. Harris.
2. A moderate current of air; a breeze. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. Shak. And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. Milton.
3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale. Brooke (Eastford). Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.
Gale, v. i. (Naut.)
Definition: To sale, or sail fast.
Gale, n Etym: [OE. gal. See Gale wind.]
Definition: A song or story. [Obs.] Toone.
Gale, v. i. Etym: [AS. galan. See 1st Gale.]
Definition: To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and gale." Court of Love.
Gale, n Etym: [AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.
Gale, n. Etym: [Cf. Gabel.]
Definition: The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] Mozley & W. Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
