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gale

1[geyl]
noun
1.
a very strong wind.
2.
Meteorology. a wind of 32–63 miles per hour (14–28 m/sec).
3.
a noisy outburst: a gale of laughter filled the room.
4.
Archaic. a gentle breeze.

Origin:
1540–50; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian dialect geil uproar, unrest, boiling


3. burst, eruption, outbreak, fit, gust.

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a sky being more than half covered, but not totally covered, by clouds
a bright, sunny, cloudless to half-cloudy sky, with no prospect of rain, snow, or hail; not stormy
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  • And a gale of criticism has forced the airline site's management to deny any allegations of monopolistic intent.
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gale

2[geyl]

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English gail, Old English gagel; cognate with German Gagel

Gale

[geyl]
noun
1.
Zo·na [zoh-nuh] , 1874–1938, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet.
2.
a female or male given name.
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gale1 (ɡeɪl)
 
n
1.  a strong wind, specifically one of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
2.  (often plural) a loud outburst, esp of laughter
3.  archaic, poetic a gentle breeze
 
[C16: of unknown origin]

gale2 (ɡeɪl)
 
n
short for sweet gale
 
[Old English gagel; related to Middle Low German gagel]

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gale
"storm at sea," 1540s, from gaile "wind," origin uncertain, perhaps from O.N. gol "breeze," or O.Dan. gal "bad, furious" (often used of weather), from O.N. galinn "bewitched." Or perhaps it is from O.E. galan "to sing" (the second element in nightingale), or giellan "to yell." In technical meteorological
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gale

wind that is stronger than a breeze; specifically a wind of 28-55 knots (50-102 km per hour) corresponding to force numbers 7 to 10 on the Beaufort scale. As issued by weather service forecasters, gale warnings occur when forecasted winds range from 34 to 47 knots (63 to 87 km per hour).

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