Category:Weal

Weal, n.

Defn: the mark of a stripe. See wale.

Weal Weal, v. t.

Defn: to mark with stripes. See wale.

Weal Weal, n. Etym: [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 Weal, v. t.

Defn: to promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [obs.] Beau. & fl.