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   Weal (?), n. The mark of a stripe.  See Wale.
   
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   Weal, v. t. To mark with stripes.  See Wale.
   
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   Weal, n. [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel well.  See Well, adv., and cf. Wealth.]
   
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   1. A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
   
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   God . . . grant you wele and prosperity. Chaucer.
   
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   As we love the weal of our souls and bodies. Bacon.
   
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   To him linked in weal or woe. Milton.
   
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   Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high. Macaulay.
   
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   2. The body politic; the state; common wealth.  [Obs.]
   
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   The special watchmen of our English weal. Shak.
   
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   Weal, v. t. To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.  [Obs.]  Beau. & Fl.
   
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