gale

name

1. A surname.
2. A unisex given name.
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noun

Etymology: From Middle English gavel (“rent; tribute”), from Old English gafol.

1. A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

   “Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.”

2. The personal mining plot of a freeminer.

   “As a rule the free miners do not work their own 'gales,' but dispose of them to capitalists.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), possibly from Old English galan, possibly an unknown North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”), both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”), and thus ultimately related to the above word (etymology 1).

1. To sail, or sail fast.