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Mise :: Mise (n.) A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom..

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

Kibble :: Kibble (n.) A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.

Dwale :: Dwale (a.) A sleeping potion; an opiate.

Slough :: Slough (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

Wale :: Wale (v. t.) To mark with wales, or stripes..

Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..

Principality :: Principality (n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a prince; or the country which gives title to a prince; as, the principality of Wales..

Cantref :: Cantref (n.) A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales..

Harpings :: Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem..

Marchman :: Marchman (n.) A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales.

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

Portoise :: Portoise (n.) The gunwale of a ship.

Netting :: Netting (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding..

Lyre Bird :: Lyre bird () Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail..

Tudor :: Tudor (a.) Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth..

Whelk :: Whelk (n.) A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Waling :: Waling (n.) Same as Wale, n., 4..

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

Llandeilo Group :: Llandeilo group () A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.

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