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What does "gale" mean?

Gale: A moderate current of air; a breeze. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. Shak. And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. Milton.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale. Brooke (Eastford). Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.
  2. 3.To sale, or sail fast.
  3. 4.A song or story. [Obs.] Toone.
  4. 5.To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and gale." Court of Love.
  5. 6.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.
  6. 7.The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] Mozley & W. Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due.

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