weal

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Wealth, riches.
2. isim Welfare, prosperity.

   “Therefore for Gods loue, and as we loue the weale of our Soules and Bodies, let us ſo behaue our ſelues, as we may be at peace with God, and may finde grace in the Eyes of this People.”

3. isim Boon, benefit.

   “And indeed I blamed myself and sore repented me of having taken compassion on him and continued in this condition, suffering fatigue not to be described, till I said to myself, "I wrought him a weal and he requited me with my ill; by Allah, never more will I do any man a service so long as I live!"”

4. isim Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).

   “Yet never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal, that the character of the parliament should stand high.”

5. isim A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.

   “[A]lthough a few [slaves] live comfortably at Paramaribo, the greateſt number are wretched, particularly thoſe governed by a lady, who have many weals to ſhow, but not the ſmallest indulgence to boaſt of.”

6. fiil To mark with stripes; to wale.