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wheal

[ weel, hweel ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
a wale or welt.

wheal

/ wiːl /

Origin of wheal¹

before 900; akin to whelk ² and to obsolete wheal (v.), Old English hwelian to suppurate, develop wheals

At Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.

The Wheal Prosper 16-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam vacuum engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.

Many other mines used them; one remained at work in Old Wheal Damsel in 1860.

Wheal Concord pumping engine, in 1827 had a similar air-pump.

The conversion of the other, a 63-inch low-pressure vacuum engine at Wheal Gons, will be traced in this chapter.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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