gale : Idioms & Phrases

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Fresh gale

  • noun wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale
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  • a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour.
Webster 1913

Gale day

  • the day on which rent or interest is due.
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gale-opithecus

Ga`le-o*pi*the"cus noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a weasel + an ape.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.
Webster 1913

Living gale

  • (Naut.), a heavy gale.
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loom-gale

Loom"-gale` noun
Definitions
  1. A gentle gale of wind.
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moderate gale

  • noun wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale
    moderate gale.
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myrica gale

  • noun bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
    Myrica gale; Scotch gale.
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near gale

  • noun wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale
    moderate gale.
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scotch gale

  • noun bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
    Myrica gale; Scotch gale.
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strong gale

  • noun wind moving 47-54 knots; 9 on the Beaufort scale
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Sweet gale

  • noun bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
    Myrica gale; Scotch gale.
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  • (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter fragrant leaves; also called sweet willow, and Dutch myrtle. See 5th Gale.
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Tail of a gale

  • (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly abated. Totten.
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Topgallant gale

  • (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.
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whole gale

  • noun wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale
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