WALE

PRONUNCIATION: (wayl)

MEANING: noun: 1. A streak mark raised on the skin, as by a whip.
2. One of the series of ribs in a fabric such as corduroy.
3. A plank along the side of a wooden ship.
4. A horizontal band or strip, for example, around a woven basket.
verb tr.: 1. To mark with wales.
2. To fasten or secure.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English walu (mark of a lash). Earliest documented use: 1024.
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WABE - what to gyre and gimble in

WADLE - what infants in diapers do in warm calm shallow waters (portmanteau of waddle and wade)

WALET - to carry your dolars in