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Damsel :: Damsel (n.) A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales..

Oarlock :: Oarlock (n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock..

Coracle :: Coracle (n.) A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt..

Thole :: Thole (n.) A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing..

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side..

Weal :: Weal (n.) The mark of a stripe. See Wale.

Swallet :: Swale (n.) A gutter in a candle.

Welsh :: Welsh (a.) Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.

Whala :: Whala (v. t.) To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub.

Cambrian :: Cambrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

Swale :: Swale (v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v..

Celt :: Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France..

Gunwale :: Gunwale (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull..

Wale :: Wale (n.) A wale knot, or wall knot..

Harlech Group :: Harlech group () A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.

Dwale :: Dwale (a.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities..

Hornpipe :: Hornpipe (n.) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn..

Fish-tackle :: Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Cambria :: Cambria (n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

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