What is a wheal? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
OED has wheal n.3 Etymology: < Cornish huel. local. A mine. 1830 Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. Wheal is an Anglicisation of the Cornish word. It's interesting that Wiktionary's earliest citation appears to …
What to call the lump on skin from mosquito bite?
May 16, 2012 · But wheal n.² is current: “2. In modern medical use, a flat, usually circular, hard elevation of the skin, esp. that characteristic of urticaria.” Its etymology is listed as “Misspelt form of weal n.² …
Words for ordinal 5-point scale from normal to severe
Jul 22, 2015 · What are good words for a five-point ordinal scale? The scale should represent increasing severity of disease, where 1 is normal and 5 is severe. I thought of the following words (with their …
orthography - Waling vs wailing vs whaling upon - English Language ...
May 22, 2017 · There's a saying I hear used which I've spelled as “wailing upon”, implying someone besetting someone else to such an extent they are overwhelming that person. I mostly …
How to refer to the "elevated areas" of a mountain?
Apr 5, 2013 · Ridge and hill seem to be the respective answers, at least according to the Army Study Guide, which uses a sketch of a human hand to identify different terrain features: They there define a …