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wheal

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5 lettersPronunciation /wiːl/Part of speech nounSorted aehlwStarts with WEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A raised welt on the skin, often from allergy, irritation, or injury.

Word origin

From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).

Used in a sentence

  • So they gripped again until red wheals rose on their backs and shoulders by reason of the grievous clasping of their arms.
  • The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal Crowndale, Wheal Crebor, East Liscombe, and Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length.
  • Surrounding the village are the remains ot many mine workings including the picturesque gtoup of clifftop buildings thar were once part of one of the county's best known mines - Wheal Coares.

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