GALE  . 1 . (A word of obscure origin; possibly derived from See also:

• DAN

Dan. gal, mad or furious, sometimes applied to See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind, in the sense of boisterous) a wind of considerable See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, considerably stronger than a See also:

• BREEZE

breeze, but not severe enough to be called a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm . In nautical See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language it is usually combined with some qualifying word, as " See also:

• HALF

half a gale," a " stiff gale." In poetical and figurative language " gale " is often used in a pleasant sense, as in " favouring gale"; in See also:

• AMERICA

America, it is used in a See also:

• SLANG

slang sense for boisterous or excited behaviour . 2 . The See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of See also:

• RENT

rent, customs or See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty at See also:

• REGULAR

regular intervals; a " See also:

• HANGING

hanging gale " is an arrear of rent See also:

• LEFT

left over after each successive " gale " or rent See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . The See also:

• TERM

term survives in the See also:

• FOREST

Forest of See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean, for leases granted to the " See also:

• FREE

free miners " of the forest, granted by the " gaveller " or See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent of the See also:

• CROWN

crown, and the term is also applied to the See also:

• ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

royalty paid to the crown, and to the See also:

• AREA

area See also:

• MINED

mined . The word is a contracted See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the O . Eng. gafol, which survives in " gavel," in See also:

• GAVELKIND

gavelkind (q.v.), and in the name of the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office mentioned above . The See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root from which these words derive is that of " give." Through Latinized forms it appears in gabeile (q.v.) . 3 . The popular name of a plant, also known as the sweet gale or See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

gaul, sweet See also:

• WILLOW (Salix)

willow, See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

bog or Dutch See also:

• MYRTLE

myrtle .

The Old See also:

• ENGLISH

English form of the word is gagel . It is a small, twiggy, resinous fragrant See also:

• SHRUB

shrub found on bogs and See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

moors in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Islands, and widely distributed in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north temperate See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone . It has narrow, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-stalked leaves and inconspicuous, apetalous, unisexual See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in short spikes . The small drupe-like See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit is attached to the persistent bracts . The leaves are used as See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea and as a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard (Herball, p . 1228) describes it as sweet willow or gaule, and refers to its use in See also:

• BEER

beer or See also:

• ALE

ale . The genus Myrica is the type of a small, but widely distributed See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, Myricaceae, which is placed among the apetalous families of See also:

• DICOTYLEDONS

Dicotyledons, and is perhaps most nearly allied to the willow See also:

• FAMILY

family . Myrica cerifera is the candleberry, See also:

• WAX

wax-myrtle or wax-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree (q.v.) .