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Wheal

//wiːl// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.

    "A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation."

  2. 2
    A mine. Australia, Cornwall, South

    "The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal Crowndale, Wheal Crebor, East Liscombe, and Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length."

  3. 3
    a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of wale. uncommon

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Cornish hwel.

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