Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weal \Weal\, n.
The mark of a stripe. See {Wale}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weal \Weal\, v. t.
To mark with stripes. See {Wale}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weal \Weal\, n. [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel
well. See {Well}, adv., and cf. {Wealth}.]
1. A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or
thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
God . . . grant you wele and prosperity. --Chaucer.
As we love the weal of our souls and bodies.
--Bacon.
To him linked in weal or woe. --Milton.
Never was there a time when it more concerned the
public weal that the character of the Parliament
should stand high. --Macaulay.
2. The body politic; the state; common wealth. [Obs.]
The special watchmen of our English weal. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weal \Weal\, v. t.
To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
weal
n : a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a
whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: {wale},
{welt}, {wheal}]
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