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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Wheal

Whēal, n.

noun

(hweel), n. [A-S. hwǽle, putrefaction, hwē-lan, to putrefy. Cf. WEAL and WALE.]

  1. A pustule. [Obs.] Wiseman.
  2. A mark raised by a stroke; a weal; a wale.

Wheal, n.

noun

n. [Corrupted from the ancient Cornish word huel.] (Mining.) A mine. Weale.