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- English Word Welk Definition To soak; also, to beat severely.
- English Word Welk Definition A pustule. See 2d Whelk.
- English Word Welk Definition A whelk.
- English Word Welked Definition of Welk
- English Word Welked Definition See Whelked.
- English Word Welkin Definition The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.
- English Word Welking Definition of Welk
- English Word Well Definition An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
- English Word Well Definition A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.
- English Word Well Definition A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
- English Word Well Definition Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
- English Word Well Definition An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.
- English Word Well Definition A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market.
- English Word Well Definition A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water.
- English Word Well Definition A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.
- English Word Well Definition A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- English Word Well Definition An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
- English Word Well Definition The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- English Word Well Definition To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
- English Word Well Definition To pour forth, as from a well.
- English Word Well Definition In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
- English Word Well Definition Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.
- English Word Well Definition Fully or about; -- used with numbers.
- English Word Well Definition In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
- English Word Well Definition Considerably; not a little; far.
- English Word Well Definition Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
- English Word Well Definition Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.
- English Word Well Definition Being in favor; favored; fortunate.
- English Word Well Definition Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.
- English Word Well-being Definition The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society.