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Noun wale has 2 senses
  1. wale, welt, weal, wheal - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
    --1 is a kind of principality, princedom; injury, hurt, harm, trauma; principality, princedom; injury, hurt, harm, trauma
    --1 is a part of
     United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; 1 of 2 senses of wale ; Wales, Cymru, Cambria; United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; 1 of 2 senses of wale
    --1 has parts:
     Aberdare; Bangor; Cardiff; Newport; Swansea; Anglesey, Anglesey Island, Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Mona; Menai Strait; Severn, River Severn, Severn River
     --1 has members: Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian
  2. wale, strake - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
    --2 is a kind of board, plank; board, plank
    --2 is a part of
     vessel, watercraft; wale, strake; vessel, watercraft
     --2 has particulars:
     garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake; gunwale, gunnel, gun rest
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