Noun

(en noun)

(senseid)Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}

Food served or eaten as a repast.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=Anna Lena Phillips, volume=100, issue=2, page=172

, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Sneaky Silk Moths , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}

Noun

(-)

The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal .}}

Noun

(en noun)

A speck or spot.

A part; a fragment; a portion.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Wealth, riches.

* Francis Bacon

as we love the weal of our souls and bodies

* Milton

to him linked in weal or woe

Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).

* Macaulay

Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high.

* {{quote-book

, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IV , passage=The austerity of my tone seemed to touch a nerve and kindle the fire that always slept in this vermilion-headed menace to the common weal [...].}}

* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 372:

Louis could aim to restyle himself the first among citizens, viewing virtuous attachment to the public weal as his most important kingly duty.

Noun

(en noun)

a raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by stroke of rod or whip; a welt.