weald
(noun) an area of open or forested country
Source: WordNet® 3.1
weald (plural wealds)
(archaic) A wood or forest
(archaic) An open country
In modern usage, the term is seldom used, but is retained in place names, for example The Weald, Wealdstone, Harrow Weald.
• dwale, lawed, waled
Weald
(British) The physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.
• dwale, lawed, waled
Source: Wiktionary
Weald, n. Etym: [AS. See Wold.]
Definition: A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names. Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard the spirits of the waste and weald Moan as she fled. Tennyson. Weald clay (Geol.), the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See Wealden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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