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