- wheal (n.)
[wheal 词源字典]
- "mark made on the skin by a whip," 1808, perhaps an alteration of wale, possibly by confusion with weal "welt," and obsolete wheal "pimple, pustule" (mid-15c.), from Old English verb hwelian "to form pus, bring to a head."[wheal etymology, wheal origin, 英语词源]