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What does gale mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant.
  2. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
  3. (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
  4. (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
  5. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
Noun
  1. (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
  2. An outburst, especially of laughter.
  3. (archaic) A light breeze.
  4. (obsolete) A song or story.
Verb
  1. (nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
Noun
  1. A shrub, also sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale) growing on moors and fens.
Noun
  1. (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
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