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11Wale [2] — Wale (Waläus), 1) Anton van W., geb. 1573 in Genf, war Prediger in Middelburg u. dann in Haag; er gehörte bei der Dortrechter Synode zu dem Ausschusse, welche die Canones dieser Synode abfaßte, u. wurde 1619 Professor der Theologie in Leyden, wo… …
12Wale — Wale, s. Waltiere …
13Wale — ⇒ Cetacea …
14wale — ► NOUN 1) a ridge on a textured woven fabric such as corduroy. 2) Nautical a horizontal wooden strip fitted as strengthening to a boat s side. ORIGIN Old English, «stripe, weal» …
15wale — wale1 [wāl] n. [ME < OE walu, weal < IE * wolos, round < base * wel , to turn, roll > WALK, L vola] 1. a raised line or streak made on the skin by the slash of a stick or whip; welt; weal 2. a) a ridge on the surface of cloth, as… …
16WALE — Infobox Radio station name = WALE city = Greenville, Rhode Island area = Providence, Rhode Island branding = Amor 990 slogan = airdate = April 12, 1961 frequency = 990 kHz format = Spanish Adult Contemporary power = 50,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts …
17Wale — This most interesting and unusual surname has three possible derivations, and is one of the few surnames which have retained the original spelling as found with the first recorded namebearer (see below). Firstly, it may be of Germanic origin from …
18wale — chain·wale; gun·wale; out·wale; wale; gad·wale; wood·wale; …
19Wale — A wale is a broad, thick plank around the outside of a wooden ship. The garboard is the wale next to the keel; the gunwale is the top such plank and covers the heads of the timbers between the main and fore drifts. [… …
20wale — 1. noun a) A ridge or low barrier. b) A raised rib in knit goods or fabric. (As opposed to course) 2. verb a) To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale …
