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welled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Well \Well\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Welled}; p. pr & vb n. {Welling}.] [OE. wellen, AS wyllan wellan, fr weallan akin to OFries walla, OS & OHG. wallan, G. wallen, Icel. vella, G. welle, wave, OHG. wella, walm, AS wylm; cf L. volvere to roll, Gr ? to inwrap, ? to roll. Cf {Voluble}, {Wallop} to boil, {Wallow}, {Weld} of metal.] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. ``[Blood] welled from out the wound.'' --Dryden. ``[Yon spring] wells softly forth.'' --Bryant. From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm, Pure welling out he through the lucid lake Of fair Dambea rolls his infant streams. --Thomson.
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