Meaning of WOLD
Pronunciation: | | wold
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| Definition: | | [n] a tract of open rolling country (especially upland) |
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| See Also: | | country, rural area | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood,
forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel.
v["o]llr, a field, and probably to Gr. ? a grove, Skr.
v[=a]?a a garden, inclosure. Cf. {Weald}.]
1. A wood; a forest.
2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether
hilly or not.
And from his further bank [AE]tolia's wolds espied.
--Byron.
The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly
round the open wold. --Tennyson.
\Wold\, n.
See {Weld}.
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