The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New
England, is sometimes called a gale.
Brooke (Eastford).
Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant
sails.
Gale (?), v. i. (Naut.) To sale, or sail fast.
Gale, n. [OE. gal. See Gale wind.] A song or story. [Obs.] Toone.
Gale, v. i. [AS. galan. See 1st Gale.] To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and
gale." Court of Love.
Gale, n. [AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.] (Bot.) 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.
Gale, n. [Cf. Gabel.] The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] Mozley &
W.
Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due.
||Ga"le*a (?), n. [L., a helmet.] 1. (Bot.) The upper lip or
||helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.