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Wheal   Listen
noun
Wheal  n.  
1.
A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.
2.
Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.





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"Wheal" Quotes from Famous Books



... as thin encrustations with a mammillary surface; occasionally, however, it is earthy and pulverulent. The colour varies considerably. from colourless to yellow, brown, blue or green. Specimens of a brilliant sky-blue colour, such as those found formerly in Wheal Haniblyn, near Bridestowe in Devonshire, and in Sardinia, are specially attractive in appearance; the colour is here due to the presence of the copper mineral chrysocolla. The hardness is 3, and the specific gravity 1.9. Chemically, it is a hydrous aluminium silicate, ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... to a miner, over to Wheal Jewel, in Illogan Parish; but got conversion fifteen years since, an' now I go about praising the Name. I've been miner, cafender, cooper, mason, seaman, scissor-grinder, umbrella-mender, holli-bubber, all by turns. I sticks my hands in my pockets, an' ...
— The Ship of Stars • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


Words linked to "Wheal" :   hurt, trauma, weal, wale


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