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/ˈwɪn(d)ɡɔːl/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌɡɔl/, /ˈwɪn(d)ˌɡɑl/ A fragment of a rainbow or of a prismatically-coloured halo, supposed to presage windy weather: = weather-gall n.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > rainbow > part or fragment of
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1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot I. ii. 19 There be streaked wind-galls in the offing, that speak..plainly..to shorten sail.
1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. I. 3 We noticed the phenomenon named by nautical men a ‘wind-gall’..or ‘sun-dog’.
1860 Fitz-Roy in Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 344.
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