WEAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

Synonyms:

wale; weal; welt; wheal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("weal" is a kind of...):

harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

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