Pronunciation : Weal
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The mark of a stripe. See Wale.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Weal
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To mark with stripes. See Wale.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Weal
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel well. See Well, adv., and cf. Wealth.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Weal
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913