plural of wheal

A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.

(uncommon) Synonym of wale.

(UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.

(archaic) Any of various insects or arachnids the bites of which produce raised sores. / (archaic) A harvest mite, Trombicula sp.

plural of wheal-worm

An old mining locality in Chacewater parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7344).