Wale n. : A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.

Wale n. : A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.

Wale n. : A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

Wale 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.

Wale n. : A wale knot, or wall knot.

Wale v. t. : To mark with wales, or stripes.

Wale v. t. : To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.

Example:
What Songs did Wale perform at the VMAs as the house band last night?

Taxonomy
Wale, mixtape, rapper, remix, Roamers, Mark Ronson, free encyclopedia, Boys, Kid, Cudi, Search, Hate Is the New Love, Victor, 9th Wonder, requested song, DJ Greg, Washington, D.C., Allido Records.

Defination from the web:
Wale grew into his own as a rapper/producer in Maryland, he became close with much of the Go-Go music scene as his interests and influences grew. ... to promote the US release of Mark Ronson's album and included performances by Mark Ronson, Wale, Saigon, and Daniel Merriweather. ...