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Definition of Gales
1. gale [n] - See also: gale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gales
Literary usage of Gales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"gales on the East Coasts. In Table IV. the results for the East coasts are ...
The mean annual number of gales in this district was 15'6—appreciably less ..."
2. The law of mines, quarries and minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1884)
"Non-payment of the rents or royalties in respect of gales entails the liability
to forfeiture, and to the right of the Crown to re-enter.2 And, although the ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"Gules, a saltire Argent, charged with a rose gales and Azure. (In honour, no doubt,
... Or, on a chevron gales a mitre Or, a border engrailed Sable. ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1818)
"Did Mr. gales give you any direction ?— No. By whose order did you send them?
... Mr. gales was not with you when you wrote the direction?—No. ..."
5. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"Grey cloudy Weather, with fome Rain, and moderate gales at N E. In the Night
blowing in ... 3 30*, In the Night variable gales with fome Rain. 16. ..."
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