What's the difference between rib and wale?

Rib


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
  • (n.) That which resembles a rib in form or use.
  • (n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel.
  • (n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.
  • (n.) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
  • (n.) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.
  • (n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
  • (n.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.
  • (n.) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.
  • (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.
  • (n.) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.
  • (n.) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.
  • (n.) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
  • (n.) A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
  • (v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
  • (2) There is approximately a 25% decrease in aggregation from regions of the rib distal to the metaphyseal-growth plate junction (69%) to the region proximal to it (50%).
  • (3) The patient had experienced repeated spontaneous fractures for 1.5 years such as serial rib fractures, fractures of the sternum and most recently fracture of the neck of the femur after a minimal trauma.
  • (4) Microsurgical anastomoses were performed for revascularizing the rib graft.
  • (5) The resections included an average of three ribs (range, two to five) and, in seven cases, part or all of the sternum.
  • (6) Arterial complications are usually associated with cervical ribs or rudimentary first ribs, but 12 per cent have occurred in patients with no osseous abnormality.
  • (7) The three different layers of this tissue are: the outer fibrous layer, the central part called proliferation zone and the inner part towards the underlying rib called transition zone.
  • (8) Statistical analysis of the findings indicates that there is no significant difference in bone-remodeling activity between similar sites on alternate ribs.
  • (9) The rib was the most frequent site of the former; the distal femur, of the latter.
  • (10) Radiologically, the clavicles, the sternum and the first ribs are grossly enlarged with complete fusion between them.
  • (11) To test the hypothesis that during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) some of the inspiratory muscles of the rib cage partake in upper torso and arm positioning and thereby decrease their contribution to ventilation, we studied 11 subjects to measure pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures, heart rate, respiratory frequency, O2 uptake (VO2), and tidal volume (VT) during symptom-limited UAE.
  • (12) Upper thoracic fractures that involved the clavicles, scapula, sternum, and ribs were present in four patients.
  • (13) The left subclavian artery was prominent in 33 cases, signs indicating a collateral circulation (rib notching, internal mammary artery) were present in 26 cases.
  • (14) Definitive evidence for poly(ADP-Rib) polymerase activity is localized within internucleosomal "linker" regions of HeLa cell chromatin is presented.
  • (15) 1) Rates of purine synthesis de novo are regulated at both the PP-Rib-P synthetase and amido PRT reactions by end products, with the latter reaction more sensitive to small changes in purine nucleotide inhibitor concentrations.
  • (16) Five of 20 ambulatory patients and 8 of 10 patients in acute respiratory failure showed inward abdominal motion coincident with outward rib cage motion during inspiration, suggesting ineffective diaphragmatic function.
  • (17) Abnormal radionuclide concentrations were observed in the sternoclavicular, sternocostal, and manubriosternal joints, in the ribs, and in the sternum.
  • (18) This is the first report of detection of tenascine in rib cartilage matrix of human embryos.
  • (19) This pattern of EMG activity was associated with profound deformations of the rib cage.
  • (20) Constant ribbing about his private life was compromising Deayton's position as the show's "holier-than-thou" host, who showed no mercy towards politicians or celebrities caught in a similar position, the corporation added.

Wale


Definition:

  • (n.) A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
  • (n.) A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
  • (n.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
  • (n.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc.
  • (n.) A wale knot, or wall knot.
  • (v. t.) To mark with wales, or stripes.
  • (v. t.) To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Wales international and Port Vale defender Clayton McDonald both admitted having sex with the victim, – McDonald was found not guilty of the same charge.
  • (2) Numerical results for the population of England and Wales are shown.
  • (3) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
  • (4) Any party or witness is entitled to use Welsh in any magistrates court in Wales without prior notice.
  • (5) It may not point to independence – nor, given that large swaths of Wales remain firmly dominated by Labour, mean any huge advance for Plaid Cymru.
  • (6) Harry was 12 years old when Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash but said it was not until his late 20s, after two years of “total chaos”, that he processed the grief.
  • (7) Hospitals in Wales collected £5.4m in parking charges in 2006-07 and hospitals in England took more than £100m.
  • (8) So Fifa left that group out and went ahead with the draw – according to legend, plucking names from the Jules Rimet trophy itself – and, after Belgium were chosen but decided not to participate, Wales came out next.
  • (9) Bringing the Prince of Wales into service “will involve very considerable additional costs, additional manpower, extra aircraft and the considerable amount of support and protection needed to make it viable”, say the MPs.
  • (10) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.
  • (11) The bill will create a six-month time limit for family courts in England and Wales to reach decisions on whether children should be taken into care and will require the court to take into account the impact of delays on the child.
  • (12) There were a record 354 deaths in prisons in England and Wales in 2016.
  • (13) 31 October TB met the Prince of Wales after he took Prince William hunting.
  • (14) The annual number of confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in both Nottingham, and England and Wales, reached a peak in 1980 and has since declined.
  • (15) A comprehensive analysis of repeat rates has been obtained from an observational study of radiological practice in diagnostic X-ray departments throughout Wales.
  • (16) The most recent figures show 3,046 confirmed cases in England and Wales, compared with 1,669 cases last winter.
  • (17) In north Wales, Llandudno town council has had to cancel its annual display at short notice after it was told it would have to pay at least £22,000 to insure the wonderful Victorian pier in case of a fire.
  • (18) When he was prime minister Tony Blair asked Peter Mandelson to tell the Prince of Wales to stop his "unhelpful" attempts to influence policy on GM and Mandelson accused him of being "anti-scientific and irresponsible".
  • (19) Others, like eight-year-old Stan – who was playing football with his mates in a corner of the beer-soaked field, has only good memories of Wales.
  • (20) A spokesperson for Plaid Cymru said: “On 5 May, Wales chose not to elect one single party to govern Wales with a majority.

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