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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Gale \Gale\, v. i. (Naut.)
To sale, or sail fast.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Gale \Gale\, n. [OE. gal. See Gale wind.]
A song or story. [Obs.] --Toone.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Gale \Gale\, v. i. [AS. galan. See 1st Gale.]
To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and gale." --Court of Love.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen
("moderate") to about eighty ("very heavy") miles an
our. --Sir. W. S. Harris.
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2. A moderate current of air; a breeze.
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A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. --Shak.
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And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned
From their soft wings. --Milton.
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3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
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The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting
into what, in New England, is sometimes called a
gale. --Brooke
(Eastford).
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Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her
topgallant sails.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Gale \Gale\, n. [Cf. Gabel.]
The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
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Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due.
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WordNet Gale
n : a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort
scale

Moby Dictionary
air , black squall , blast , blaze , blizzard , blow , breeze , burst ,
convulsion , cooling breeze , cyclone , equinoctial , eruption ,
explosion , fit , flare-up , gentle wind , gust , half a gale ,
heavy blow , howl , hurricane , ill wind , irruption , light air ,
light breeze , light wind , line squall , line storm , moderate breeze ,
ocean breeze , onshore breeze , outbreak , outburst , paroxysm , peal ,
roar , scream , sea breeze , seizure , shout , shriek , softblowing wind ,
spasm , squall , squall line , storm , storm wind , stormy winds ,
strong wind , tempest , tempestuous wind , thick squall ,
thundersquall , tornado , tropical cyclone , turbulence , typhoon ,
ugly wind , upheaval , violent blow , whirlwind , white squall ,
whole gale , williwaw , wind-shift line , windstorm , zephyr

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