galed
simple past tense and past participle of gale
• Glade, glade, glead
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 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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