WALING

Verb

waling

present participle of wale

Noun

waling (plural walings)

A type of support structure used in excavations.

Anagrams

• Lawing, lawing

Source: Wiktionary

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Wal"ing, n. (Naut.)

Definition: Same as Wale, n., 4.

WALE

Wale, n. Etym: [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. völr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. sq. root146. Cf. Goal, Weal a wale.]

1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal. Holland.

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.)

Definition: A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. Knight.

4. (Naut.) (a) pl.

Definition: 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.

Wale, v. t.

1. To mark with wales, or stripes.

2. To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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