GALE

gale

(noun) a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Gale

A surname.

Anagrams

• Gael, Lega, egal, geal, lage, leag

Etymology 1

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

Coordinate terms

• (meteorology): breeze, hurricane, storm

Verb

gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past and past participle galed)

(nautical) To sail, or sail fast.

Etymology 3

Noun

gale

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

Etymology 4

Noun

gale (plural gales)

(archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

Anagrams

• Gael, Lega, egal, geal, lage, leag

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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