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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.

The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.

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.

A kind of long boots for men.

A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. Prov. xvi. 22.

One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.

The style of Boswell.

Without pity. Sir T. Browne.

derly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. Shak. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Wordsworth.