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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



... substance, usually occurring 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 ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



Words linked to "Wheal" :   harm, injury, weal, wale



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