weal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
    wheal; wale; welt.

WordNet

Weal noun
Definitions
  1. The mark of a stripe. See Wale.
Weal transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To mark with stripes. See Wale.
Weal noun
Etymology
OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel well. See Well, adv., and cf. Wealth.
Definitions
  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.
Weal transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. Obs. Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1913