2. A moderate current of air; a breeze. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. Shak. And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. Milton.
3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. 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
Gale, v. i. (Naut.)
Defn: To sale, or sail fast.
GALE
Gale, n Etym: [OE. gal. See Gale wind.]
Defn: A song or story. [Obs.] Toone.
GALE
Gale, v. i. Etym: [AS. galan. See 1st Gale.]
Defn: To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and gale." Court of Love.
GALE
Gale, n Etym: [AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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.