WHEAL


Meaning of WHEAL in English

noun

a ridge raised on the skin by or as if by a stroke of a lash

the convict's back was covered with wheals and old scars

Synonyms: wale, weal, welt, whelk, ||whelp

Related Word: strake, streak, stripe

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