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gale

Strong wind, usually between force seven and ten on the Beaufort scale (measuring 45-90 km/28-56 mi per hour).


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Gale left us, with strict injunctions to send for him instantly if she was taken ill again.
For nine months of the year there is only ice and snow, and gale after gale, with a cold that no one can realise who has never seen the thermometer even at zero.
We had a strong gale for a considerable time, and eventually dropped Hooja's fleet so far astern that we could no longer discern them.
 
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