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weal 1

 (wēl)
n.
1. Prosperity; happiness: in weal and woe.
2. The welfare of the community; the general good: the public weal.
[Middle English wele, from Old English wela; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]

weal 2

 (wēl)
n.
A ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt.
[Alteration (influenced by wheal) of wale.]
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weal

(wiːl)
n
(Pathology) a raised mark on the surface of the body produced by a blow. Also called: wale, welt or wheal
[C19: variant of wale1, influenced in form by wheal]

weal

(wiːl)
n
1. archaic prosperity or wellbeing (now esp in the phrases the public weal, the common weal)
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) obsolete the state
3. (Banking & Finance) obsolete wealth
[Old English wela; related to Old Saxon welo, Old High German wolo]
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weal1

(wil)

n.
1. well-being, prosperity, or happiness: the public weal.
2. Obs. wealth or riches.
3. Obs. the body politic; the state.
[before 900; Middle English wele, Old English wela; akin to well1]

weal2

(wil)

n.
wheal.
[variant of wale, with ea of wheal]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.weal - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
wale, welt, wheal
harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
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weal

noun mark, scar, welt, ridge, streak, stripe, wheal, wale, contusion the red weals left across his chest by the whip
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weal 1

noun
A state of health, happiness, and prospering:
prosperity, welfare, well-being.

weal 2

noun
A ridge or bump raised on the flesh, as by a lash or blow:
wale, welt, wheal, whelk.
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Translations

weal

1 [wiːl] N (esp Brit) (= wound) → verdugón m

weal

2 (archaic) [wiːl] N (= well-being) → bienestar m
the common weal → el bien común
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

weal

[ˈwiːl] n (British) (= welt) → marque f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

weal

1
n (liter) → Wohl nt; the common/public weal → das allgemeine/öffentliche Wohl, das Allgemeinwohl; weal and woe → Wohl und Wehe nt

weal

2
n (= welt) → Striemen m
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weal

[wiːl] n (welt) → piaga
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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On this accursed bed Don Quixote stretched himself, and the hostess and her daughter soon covered him with plasters from top to toe, while Maritornes- for that was the name of the Asturian- held the light for them, and while plastering him, the hostess, observing how full of wheals Don Quixote was in some places, remarked that this had more the look of blows than of a fall.
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