Definition of gale

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Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

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Equinoctial :: Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world..
Blizzard :: Blizzard (n.) A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast..
Galenic :: Galenic (an.) Alt. of Galenica.
Galea :: Galea (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects..
Loom-gale :: Loom-gale (n.) A gentle gale of wind.
Bengalee :: Bengalee (n.) Alt. of Bengal.
Floriken :: Floriken (n.) An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis.
Philomela :: Philomela (n.) The nightingale; philomel.
Galea :: Galea (n.) A kind of bandage for the head.
Gale :: Gale (n.) 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..
Regale :: Regale (v. t.) A sumptuous repast; a banquet.
Galenist :: Galenist (n.) A follower of Galen.
Gale-opithecus :: Gale-opithecus (n.) A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo..
Redstart :: Redstart (n.) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India..
Pirrie :: Pirrie (n.) A rough gale of wind.
Tarantula :: Tarantula (n.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale..
Galingale :: Galingale (n.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus..
Regaler :: Regaler (n.) One who regales.
Pyrognostic :: Pyrognostic (a.) Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena..
Tetraneumona :: Tetraneumona (n. pl.) A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. See Mygale..
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