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wale

noun as in rib of fabric

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It was on the Derby, he himself having bet that the Prince of Wale's horse would win.

As the thought passed through her, she saw on Amy's neck a frightful upswollen wale.

Mr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.

We may doubt, however, whether she had ever realized how terribly her scourges would wale him.

His business was to wale dismal, and bow his head down, the band (a barrel organ and a wiolin) playin slow and melancholly moosic.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wale, such as: grain, mark, rib, ridge, streak, and strip.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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