\Weal\, n.
The mark of a stripe. See {Wale}.

\Weal\, v. t.
To mark with stripes. See {Wale}.

\Weal\, n. [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel
well. See {Well}, adv., and cf. {Wealth}.]
1. A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or
   thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
         God . . . grant you wele and prosperity. --Chaucer.
         As we love the weal of our souls and bodies.
                                               --Bacon.
         To him linked in weal or woe.         --Milton.
         Never was there a time when it more concerned the
         public weal that the character of the Parliament
         should stand high.                    --Macaulay.
2. The body politic; the state; common wealth. [Obs.]
         The special watchmen of our English weal. --Shak.

\Weal\, v. t.
To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.