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s | wheal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun wheal is

a small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc or wheal can be (uk|dialect|cornwall|mining) a mine.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    wheal

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare wale. (wikipedia wheal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
    • Synonyms
    * wale * weal * welt

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hwel.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.
  • * 1829 , Thomas Moore, The History of Devonshire , page 528,
    • The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal' Crowndale, '''Wheal''' Crebor, East Liscombe, and ' Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length.
  • * 2003 , Peter Long, The Hidden Places of Cornwall , page 85,
    • Surrounding the village are the remains ot many mine workings including the picturesque gtoup of clifftop buildings thar were once part of one of the county's best known mines - Wheal Coares.
  • * 2010 , , Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks , page 27,
    • If you look at the map there are ‘wheals’ all over the place. There's Wheal' Rose, '''Wheal''' Plenty and '''Wheal''' Busy. Back on the tramroad the industrial communities come thick and fast as you head southeast to ' Wheal Rose.
    Usage notes
    Chiefly appears in the names of mines in Cornwall and Devon.

    Anagrams

    * English terms with homophones