WALE
-noun
1. the raised mark left on the skin
after the stroke of a rod or whip
2. the weave or texture of a fabric,
such as the ribs in corduroy
3. a vertical row of stitches in
knitting
4. (nautical)
a. a ridge of planking along the rail
of a ship
b. also gunwale . the top of the side
of a boat or the topmost plank of a wooden vessel
-verb
5. to raise a wale or wales on by
striking
6. to weave with a wale
Time, hurt, and rust
Have left their wales
Upon metal and life
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