Injury (OE)

• Skin swelling
• Mark left on the flesh by a whip
• A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wheal Wheal may refer to: Wheal response , a cutaneous condition left by a blow or as part of an allergic reaction Wheal, a Cornish mine Wheal in Cornish means a place of work

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 2 n. A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc. Etymology 3 n. (context UK dialect Cornwall mining English) A mine.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: wale , welt , weal ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"mark made on the skin by a whip," 1808, perhaps an alteration of wale , possibly by confusion with weal "welt," and obsolete wheal "pimple, pustule" (mid-15c.), from Old English verb hwelian "to form pus, bring to a head."

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wheal \Wheal\, n. [Cf. Wale .] A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale. Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in ...