Weal | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Wēal, n.

noun

n. [O. Eng. wæle, A-S. wæla, wæla, O. Sax. wælo, L. Ger. wæel, wēhl, Dan. vel, Sw. väl, O. H. Ger. wæla, wola, wolo, M. H. Ger. wæl, N. H. Ger. wæhl. See WELL.] A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness. “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.

Wēal, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To promote the weal of; to cause to prosper. [Obs. and rare.] Beaum. & Fl.

Wēal, n.

noun

n. [See WALE.] The mark of a stripe; a wale. See WALE.

Wēal, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To mark with stripes; to wale. See WALE.