A female given name, a fanciful spelling of Gail, shortened form of Abigail. / (now rare) A male given name / A surname.

Puerperal septicemia in sheep. / A skin lesion, accompanied by swelling, occurring in those who have handled the bodies of sheep that have died from gayle.

plural of gayling

(LGBT, slang) A young or immature gay (homosexual) person.

A surname.

The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will not remain suspended as vapour in the blast current, but will be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control.

Lacking gaiety; gloomy; somber; drab / Without gay people.

A surname.

plural of Gayler