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Monosyllabic words

This week’s words
wen
skail
slue
dree
wale


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PRONUNCIATION:

(wayl)

MEANING:

noun:	1. A streak mark raised on the skin, as by a whip.
	2. One of the series of ribs in a fabric such as corduroy.
	3. A plank along the side of a wooden ship.
	4. A horizontal band or strip, for example, around a woven basket.
verb tr.:	1. To mark with wales.
	2. To fasten or secure.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English walu (mark of a lash). Earliest documented use: 1024.

USAGE:

“[That] and the mere friction of the wales of my corduroy-covered chair were the only things holding me.”
Robert Olen Butler; The Hot Country; The Mysterious Press; 2012.

See more usage examples of wale in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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