Weal
weal (?), n. The mark of a stripe. SeeWale.
weal , v. t. To mark with stripes. SeeWale.
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.
weal , v. t. To promote the weal of; tocause to be prosperous. (Obs.) Beau. & Fl.
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