Weal /(?)/

Weal

n.
  1. The mark of a stripe. See Wale.

Weal

v. t.
  1. To mark with stripes. See Wale.

Weal

n.
  1. A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
    God . . . grant you wele and prosperity.
    As we love the weal of our souls and bodies.
    To him linked in weal or woe.
    Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high.
  2. The body politic; the state; common wealth. [Obs.]
    The special watchmen of our English weal.

Weal

v. t.
  1. To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.]