verb
definition
To sing; charm; enchant.
definition
To cry; groan; croak.
definition
(of a person) To talk.
definition
(of a bird) To call.
definition
To sing; utter with musical modulations.
Examples of gale in a Sentence
The "Monitor" was lost in a gale off Cape Hatteras on the 31st of December 1862.
In the morning it came on to blow a gale of wind.
It blew a very strong gale last night, and couldn't sleep much.
There was an easterly gale blowing with a choppy sea.
But Villeneuve's ill-appointed ships, manned by raw crews, suffered loss of spars in a gale, and he returned to Toulon on the 21st.
Our little boat confronted the gale fearlessly; with sails spread and ropes taut, she seemed to sit upon the wind.
In July 1804 he ordered his admiral commanding at Toulon, Latouche Treville, to seize an opportunity when Nelson, who was in command of the blockade, was driven off by a northerly gale, to put to sea, with 1 0 sail of the line, pick up the French ship in Cadiz, join Villeneuve who was in the Aix roads, and then effect a junction with Ganteaume and the 21 sail of the line at Brest.
On the other hand, William of Malmesbury prefers to read Heruligena, which would make Scotus a Pannonian, while Bale says he was born at St David's, Dempster connects him with Ayr, and Gale with Eriuven in Hereford.
Severe weather warnings had preceded the gale force winds that had whipped the sea into 30 feet waves.
A gale apprehensive took in and furled the Royals and top gallants and also a couple of reefs in top sails.
Childhood fury came rushing back like a gale force wind able to overturn ships and smash little glass goblets.
The gale from our right quickly numbed exposed cheeks, and chilled fingers refused to warm up even inside thick mitts.
They got off the American port at noon on 5 May but a sudden heavy gale from the N.W. forced them gain an offing.
Increasingly windy later, strong to gale from the S. The male peacock was unable to go to roost in his usual tree.
But the gale which now began to buffet the little schooner was of more than ordinary violence.
By evening a gale running down both sides of the Scottish mainland and small coastal vessels scuttled for shelter.
All photographs taken in a snowstorm with gale force winds.
On the weekend of our trip, our choice of dives was limited due to a Force 8 southwesterly gale.
By 29 October 2000, the winds had gusted to Gale Force 8 and even Storm Force 10, with squalls of heavy rain.
It blew a very strong gale last night, and could n't sleep much.
And no Australian has smiled as much into the teeth of an oncoming gale.
With the unseasonable gale force winds that are anticipated, it is only sensible to take the flags down early .
The oak will not bear exposure to the full force of the sea gale, though in ravines and on sheltered slopes oak woods sometimes extend nearly to the shore.
In December 1854, after a fatiguing address to a public meeting, followed by prolonged exposure to a south-east gale, his constitution entirely broke down.
From the 3rd to the 5th of October Codrington, who had with him only his flagship the "Asia" (84) and some smaller vessels, was engaged in turning back the Egyptian and Turkish vessels, a task in which he was aided by a violent gale.
Sweet Gale (Myrica) - The Myricas, though not showy flowering shrubs, are desirable on account of their scented foliage.
I find our native Sweet Gale free and vigorous in stiff soils where few things grow well.
It encourages players to play Soul Caliber 2 on their own more than the previous version, but some of the missions were a bit tedious; for example, fighting a match where gale force winds were trying to push you away from your opponent.
Cengage and Burst Logo are trademarks and Gale is a registered trademark used herein under license.
While every effort has been made to ensure the reliability of the information presented in this publication, Gale, an imprint of Cengage Learning does not guarantee the accuracy of the data contained herein.
Gale, an imprint of Cengage Learning accepts no payment for listing; and inclusion in the publication of any organization, agency, institution, publication, service, or individual does not imply endorsement of the editors or publisher.
This title is also available as an e-book ISBN 0-7876-9425-8 (set) Contact your Gale sales representative for ordering information.
A 1958 UK tour ended in scandal for Jerry Lee, when the British press discovered that wife, Myra Gale Brown, who was accompanying him on tour, was both his wife and his 13 year old cousin.
They had to face extreme storms, including gale force winds.
The Oz books are perhaps best known for the movie-musical that was inspired by the first; the MGM movie The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale.
When you think about Dorothy Gale, the lead character in The Wizard of Oz, she played the role of a female superhero.
If you don't want to go through all the trouble of a full design, you can use Flash to simply create a pretty opening page such as the one Gale Real Estate uses.
However, some designers feel that continued animations on the site such as the "glowing house effect" on Gale Real Estate or the changing text on Wilson Real Estate can be distracting and even annoying as a design element.
Thus the stream bed, from which at first the water might be blown away into a new channel by a gale of wind, ultimately grows to be the strongest line of the landscape.
In 1568 John Josseline, secretary to Archbishop Parker, issued a new edition of it more in conformity with manuscript authority; and in 1691 a still more carefully revised edition appeared at Oxford by Thomas Gale.
The text of Gildas founded on Gale's edition collated with two other MSS., with elaborate introductions, is included in the Monumenta historica Britannica, edited by Petrie and Sharpe (London, 1848).
In nautical language it is usually combined with some qualifying word, as "half a gale," a "stiff gale."
In the great gale of 1799 seventy sail, including the "York," 74 guns, were wrecked off the reef, and this disaster compelled the authorities to take steps to protect shipping.
The former wind, rising often to a gale in a few hours and falling as suddenly, is foretold b y no change in the barometer.
In the 12th century the Canaries were visited by Arab navigators, and in 1334 they were rediscovered by a French vessel driven among them by a gale.
Fury was on the Black God's face as he stared down the storm, ignoring the gale tearing at his clothing.
It was blowing a hooligan, and despite the CSgt PW's barking welsh brogue, nothing could be heard over the howling gale.
They have constructed the earth bund and inserted concrete posts down to floor level to prevent the fence blowing down in a gale.
From day one we had gale force Easterly winds, that turned mid-week into North-Easterly, it was bloody cold!
Climbing Ben Nevis in a howling gale at night can never be taken for granted!