Weal

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The mark of a stripe. See Wale.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To mark with stripes. See Wale.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.