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