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Good-natured; kind. Well-natured, temperate, and wise. Denham.

Almost; nearly. Chaucer.

Being well folded. [Obs.] "Her well-plighted frock." Spenser.

Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.

Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Well-seen in arms and proved in many a fight. Spenser.

Well put together; having symmetry of parts.

Having good success.

Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly. "A knight well-spoken." Shak.

One who wishes well, or means kindly. [R.] "A well-willer of yours." Brydges.

A wish of happiness. "A well-wish for his friends." Addison.

Alas! Welaway! Shak.

The king parrakeet See under King.

One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor.

A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively.

To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.

See Welfare. [Obs.]

A source, spring, or fountain. At the wellhead the purest streams arise. Spenser. Our public-school and university life is a great wellhead of new and irresponsible words. Earle.

A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other purposes. W. M. Buchanan.

A riding boot for men, the front of which came above the knee; also, a similar shorter boot worn under the trousers.

A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.