Sheal vs Wheal - What's the difference?
sheal | wheal |
To shell (remove husks, shells etc)
* Shakespeare, King Lear
To shelter under a shieling
A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
(UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.
* 1829 , Thomas Moore, The History of Devonshire ,
* 2003 , Peter Long, The Hidden Places of Cornwall ,
* 2010 , , Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks ,
As nouns the difference between sheal and wheal
is that sheal is a shell or pod while wheal is a small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.As a verb sheal
is to shell (remove husks, shells etc.sheal
English
Verb
(en verb)- That's a shealed peascod.
wheal
English
Etymology 1
Compare wale. (wikipedia wheal)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* wale * weal * weltEtymology 2
From (etyl) hwel.Noun
(en noun)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.
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.
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.