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Definition of well

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Well (v. i.) 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..

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Home :: Home (n.) A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul..

Dig :: Dig (v. t.) To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well..

Countryman :: Countryman (n.) One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer..

Flood :: Flood (v. i.) The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood..

Wellhole :: Wellhole (n.) The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase..

Evil :: Evil (adv.) In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally..

Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

Burnish :: Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large..

Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth..

Thewed :: Thewed (a.) Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb..

Gromwell :: Gromwell (n.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera..

Undwellable :: Undwellable (a.) Uninhabitable.

Polyptoton :: Polyptoton (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell..

Beseem :: Beseem (v. t.) Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit..

Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration..

Lichwale :: Lichwale (n.) The gromwell.

Sparkish :: Sparkish (a.) Showy; well-dresed; fine.

Gentle :: Gentle (n.) One well born; a gentleman.

Garden :: Garden (n.) A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country..