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A gale is a strong wind, specifically one of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour.
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In meteorology, a near gale is a wind of force seven on the Beaufort scale or from 32-38 mph.
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The Tay Bridge Disaster was the collapse of the original railway bridge over the Firth of Tay on December the 28th 1879 during a night gale. While a train was crossing the bridge, thirteen of the main central spans gave way and the train fell ninety feet into the river. The disaster marked the loss of one third of the bridge which had only been built a year earlier.
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The candleberry, candleberey myrtle, wax myrtle, etc (Myriad cerifera), is a shrub of the natural order Myricaceae, growing from four to eighteen feet high, and common in North America, where candles were made from its drupes or berries, which are about the size of peppercorns, and covered with a greenish-white wax popularly known as Blayberry tallow. The wax was collected by boiling the drupes in water and skimming off the surface. A bushel of berries yields from 4 to 5 lbs. of wax. Another plant belonging to the same genus is the sweet-gale (Myrica Gale), which grows abundantly in bogs and marshes in Scotland. It is a small shrub, with leaves somewhat like the myrtle or willow, of a fragrant odour and bitter taste, and yielding an essential oil by distillation.
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Sweet Gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale) is a shrub of the natural order Myricaceae.
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Crystal Gale (real name Brenda Gail Webb) is an American country singer. She was born in 1951 at Paintsville, Kentucky. Her first record success came in 1970 with 'I've Cried The Blue (Right Out Of My Eyes)'.
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Gale Gordon is an actor. He was born in 1905.
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Gale Page was an actress. She was born in 1911 and died in 1983.
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Gale Robbins was an American singer and actress. She was born in 1921 at Chicago, Illinois and died in 1980 of lung cancer.
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Gale Sondergaard (real name Edith Sondegaard) was an American actress. She was born in 1899 and died in 1985.
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