The special watchmen of our English weal.
Shak.
Weal, v. t. To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Weal"-bal`anced (?), a. Balanced or considered with reference to public
weal. [Obs.] Shak.
Weald (?), n. [AS. See Wold.] A wood or forest; a wooded land or
region; also, an open country; — often used in place names.
Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard the
spirits of the waste and weald Moan as she fled.
Tennyson.
Weald clay (Geol.), the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See
Wealden.
Weald"en (?; 277), a. [AS. weald, wald, a forest, a wood. So called
because this formation occurs in the wealds, or woods, of Kent and
Sussex. See Weald.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of
the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which
overlies the Oölitic series.
Weald"en, n. (Geol.) The Wealden group or strata.
Weald"ish, a. Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the
county of Kent, England. [Obs.] Fuller.
Weal"ful (?), a. Weleful. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Weals"man (?), n.; pl. Wealsmen (#). [Weal + man.] A statesman; a
politician. [R.] Shak.
Wealth (?), n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal
prosperity.]
1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] "Let no man seek his own,
but every man another's wealth." 1 Cor. x. 24.
2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are
objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence;
opulence; riches.