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Definition of Gales

Gale
Gale Gale, n. [OE. gal. See Gale wind.] A song or story. [Obs.] --Toone.
Gale
Gale Gale, v. i. [AS. galan. See 1st Gale.] To sing. [Obs.] ``Can he cry and gale.' --Court of Love.
Gale
Gale Gale, n. [AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.] (Bot.) 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
Gale Gale, n. [Cf. Gabel.] The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due.
Gale
Gale Gale (g[=a]l), n. [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. gj[=o]la 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
Gale Gale, v. i. (Naut.) To sale, or sail fast.

Meaning of Gales from wikipedia

- Look up Gales or gales in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gales can refer to: Wales, a country that is part of the United Kingdom, called "Gales" in Spanish...
- others. In 1985, the young Gales began to play at blues competitions with his brother Eugene backing him on b****. Although Gales plays a right-handed guitar...
- A gale is a strong wind; the word is typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts. The U.S. National Weather Service defines a gale as sustained...
- Gales City. Gales Cr**** post office was established in 1874. In the 19th century the town was the last stagecoach stop on the way to Tillamook. Gales...
- Lawrence Bernard Gales (March 25, 1936 – September 12, 1995) was an American jazz double-b****ist. Gales began playing b**** at age 11, and attended the...
- In late 2005 Fuller, Smith & Turner bought Gales for £92 million. It raised fears as to the ****ure of Gales Horndean brewery and some of its beers, and...
- 084732°W / 41.428429; -72.084732 The Historic Gales Ferry Cemetery is located at 12-24 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered...
- (36 km2) of wildlife reserve known as the Gales Point Wild Life Sanctuary. At the time of the 2010 census, Gales Point had a po****tion of 297. Of these...
- television series Lost Henry Gale Sanders (born 1942), American actor Henry Gales (1834–1897), English painter Christopher Henry ****le (born 1979), Jamaican...
- Look up galy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Galy may refer to: Galy Records, a Canadian independent record label Galy Galiano (born 1958), Colombian...