well-known 
well-known (wel'non), n. Fully or familiarly 
known; clearly apprehended; generally ac- 
knowledged. 
Implureti for aid each well-krwurn face, 
Ami strove to seek the Dame's embrace. 
ScoU, L. of L. .M., iv. 25. 
well-likingt (wel'li"king), a. 1. Appearing 
well; good-looking; well-conditioned. 
Children ... as fat and as well-liking as if they had 
been gentlemen's children. Latimer. 
Through the great providence of the Lord, they came 
all safe on shore, and most of them sound and veil lUcintt, 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 244. 
2. Showing off well; clever; smart. 
WeU-liking wits they have. Shak., L L. L, v. 2. 268. 
well-lookedt (wel'liikt), a. Well-looking ; hav- 
ing a good appearance. 
They are Iwth little, but very like one another, and well- 
looked children. Pepys, Diary, III. 270. 
well-looking (wel'luk'ing), a. Looking well ; 
fairly good-looking. 
The horse was a bay, a rcelllooking animal enough. 
l>icke)U. 
She was a well-looking, almost a handsome woman. 
J. C. Jeaffreioit, Live it Down, xxx. 
well-mannered (wel'man'ord). a. [< ME. locU 
maiieryrl; < welP + m(iiinered.'\ Having good 
manners; polite; well-bred; complaisant. 
Sir, if yon will not that men call you presumptuous, or, 
to speake plainly, do call you foole. haue a care to be well 
manered. Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 74. 
well-maxked (wel'markt), a. 1. In ro67. and 
bot., pronounced; decided; obvious; signal; 
easily recognized ordetermiiied: as, icell-marked 
characters; a wcU-markcd genus, species, or 
variety. — 2. Specifying a South African tor- 
toise, Homnpus sig>iatti.i. P. L. Sclater. 
well-meaner (wel'me'ner), H. One who means 
well, or whose intention is good. 
Deluded well-meaiters come over out of honesty, and 
small offenders out of common discretion or fear. 
I>ryden, Vind. of Duke of Guise. 
well-meaning (wel'me'ning), (I. Well-inten- 
tioned: frequently used with slight contempt. 
Plain well-meaning souL Shak., Rich. II., il. 1. 12K 
He was ever a timorous, chicken-spirited, though uvll- 
meaning man. Scott, Fair .Maid of Perth, xx. 
well-meant (wel'ment), a. Rightly intended ; 
friendly; sincere; not feigned. 
Edward's well-meoTlt honest love. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ili. 3. 67. 
well-minded (wel'min'ded). a. Of good or 
well-<li8posed mind ; well or favorably inclined. 
For discharge of a bishop's office, to be well-ininded is 
not enough. ilook>r, Eccles. Polity, vii. 24. 
Well-minded Clarence, t)e thou fortunate I 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 8. 27. 
well-natured (wel'na'turd), «. Of excellent 
nature or character ; properly disposed ; right- 
minded. 
On their life no grievous Iturtheu lies, 
Who are well-natured, ten>i)erate, and wise. 
Sir J, Denham, Old A^e. 
Theyshou'd rather disturb than tlivert iXwwell-naiur'd 
•lid reflecting Part of .an Audience. 
Cfrngrece, Way of the World, Ded. 
wellness (wel'nes), H. [< woll'^ + -uess.'] The 
state of being well or in good health. Hood. 
well-nigh (werni'),rt'/r. [< ME. we I ini,iccl iii/nli, 
weliicih; prop, two words : nee wcll'^ and )ii<jli.^ 
Very uigh; very nearly; almost wholly or en- 
tirely. Also written as a single word and (more 
properly) as two words. 
A wegge of boone or yron putte bytwene 
The bark and tree welni/gh III Angers depe. 
PaUadim, Hnsbondrie (E. E. T. H.}, p. 73. 
The labour of wel-nigh fifty pioners. 
SiuuigK, Travailes, p. 10. 
The dreary night ha.s wellnigh passed. Whittier, Pjcan. 
well-ordered (werov'derd), «. Rightly or cor- 
rectly ordered, regulated, or governed. 
There is a law in each well-order'd nation 
To curb those raging apiM-tites. 
.Shnk., T. and C, ii. 2. 180. 
well-packing (wel'pak'ing), >i. A cylindrical 
bag hUeil with Ha.xseed, or some similar appa- 
ratus, placed around the well-tube in deep oil- 
wells, to prevent llic entrance of water above 
or below the oil in the well ; a seed-bag. Ii. H. 
Knij/lil. See cut under piirLini/. 
well-pleasing (wd'plo'zlng), ti. Acceptable; 
pleasing. 
A sacrihcc acceptable, well-pleaifing to God. 
Phil. iv. IS. 
well-pleasing (wel'jile'zing), ». That which 
is well pleasing; also, the act of pleasing or 
satisfying. [Rare.] 
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6877 
The fruits of unity (next unto the well-pleasing of God, 
wliich is all in all) are two. 
Bacon, Unity in Religion (ed. 1887). 
Thou wouldst willingly walk in all well-pleasing unto 
Him. Bp. Leighton, Com. on 1st Peter. 
well-proportioned (wel'pro-por'shond), a. 
Havmg good or correct proportions; fitting as 
to parts or relations ; properly coordinated. 
well-read (wel'red), a. Having read largely ; 
ha-ving an extensive and intelligent knowledge 
of books or literature. 
well-regulated (wel'reg'u-la-ted), (I. Under 
proper regulation or control; in good order as 
to arrangement or management ; well-ordered. 
Things which would have distressed most rvell-regulated 
Belgravian damsels. £. Vates, Land iit Last, iii. 3. 
well-respected (wel're-spek'ted), «. 1. Held 
in high respect ; highly esteemed. [Rare.] 
If well-respected honour bid me on, 
I hold aa little counsel with weak fear 
As you, my lord. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 3. 10. 
2t. Having respect to facts or conditions; 
properly viewed ; carefully weighed. 
well-room (wel'rom), »). 1. A room which con- 
tains a well ; especially, a room built over a 
mineral spring, or into which its waters are 
conducted, and where they are drunk. — 2. In 
a boat, a place in the bottom where leakage 
and rainwater are collected, to be thrown out 
with a scoop. 
well-rounded (wel'roun'ded), a. Being well 
or properly rounded or filled out ; symmetri- 
cally proportioned ; complete in all parts. 
.Something so complete and well-round''d in his . . . 
life. Long/ellow. 
well-seentCwel'seu'), a. Highly accomplished ; 
e.xpert ; skilful. 
All sixe vxU-seene in amies, ;iud prov'd in many a fight. 
Spenser, E. Q., V. iii. 5. 
As a schoolmaster 
Well seen in music, to instruct Biauca. 
Shak., T. of the S., i. 2. 134. 
well-set (wel'sef), fl. 1. Firmly set or fixed ; 
properly placed or arranged. 
Instead of a girdle, a rent ; and, instead of ivell set hair, 
baldness. Isa. iii. 24. 
2. Symmetrically formed ; properly joined or 
put together: as, a trcll-net frame or body. 
well-sinker (wersing"ker), II. One who sinks 
or digs wells. 
Modern urll-sinkers will go down in any strata almost 
to any depth. Sci. Ainer., N. S., L^V. 89. 
well-sinking (wersing'''king). II. The ope- 
ration of sinking or digging wells; the act of 
boring for water. 
well-smack (wel'smak), H. A fishing-smack 
furnished with a well; a smack. [Canada and 
New Eng.] 
well-spherometer (wersfe-roin"e-ter), ». A 
form of splierometer for accurately measuring 
the radius of cnrv.ature of a lens. 
well-spoken (wel'spo'kn), fl. 1. Spoken well 
or with propriety: as, a ircll-spokcit recitation. 
— 2. See well spoken, xmAev apeak. 
well-spring (wel'spring), «. [< ME. leeUr- 
si>riuij, icilt<prin<i, < AS. icyllspriiiy, iryhiiriny. a 
fountain, spring of water, < wijll, well, -I- sprituj, 
spring: see iirHl and sprbuj.'] 1. A water- 
source ; a fountainhead ; a living spring. [Ob- 
solete or archaic] 
A litill lirooke that com reunynge of two welle tqiryngee 
of a niountayne. Merlin (E. E. T. 3.), ii. 338. 
Hence — 2. Figuratively, a perennial source of 
anything; a fountainhead of supply or of ema- 
nation. 
Understanding is a welhpring of life unto him that 
hath it. Prov. xvi. 22. 
well-staircase (wel'star'kas), ». A staircase 
forming or built around a well or well-hole. 
See icclV-, ii., 5 (a). 
well-sweep ( wel'swep), H. A sweep or pivoted 
polo to one end of which a bucket is hung for 
drawing water from a well. 
Leaning well-Kweeps creaked in the scant garden. 
S. Judd, Slargaret, ii. ]. 
well-tempered (wel'tem'perd), a. In music, 
tuned in ecpial temperament. Tlie term is used 
specifically in tlic (English) title of one of J. S. Bach's most 
famous works, "The Well-Tempered (Clavichord," a col- 
lection of ft)rty-eight preludes :ind fugues, in two equal 
parts, one tlinshed iti 1722 and tlic other in 1744, w hicb 
were written in all the major and minor keys (tonalities) 
of the keyboard for the purpose of testing tlie tlieory of 
tuning in eiinal teniifci-innent, at that time but little 
known. See temperament. 
well-thewed (wel'thud), «. [< ME. u-d-tlieu-cd. 
iril tliiKrd ,' < «•(//'- -I- thiirid.] (jiood in man- 
ner, habit, form, or construction ; well-man- 
nered; well done. 
well-wisher 
They bene so well-thewed, and so wise. 
What ever that good old man bespake. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., Feliruary. 
well-timbered (wel'tim'b^rd), a. Well fur- 
nished with timber: as, ireU-tiinbered land ; also, 
made with good or abundant timber, literally 
or figuratively ; strongly formed or built. 
A well-timbered fellow, he would have made a good 
column, an he had been thought on when the house was 
a building. 
B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, Ind. 
well-timed (wel'timd), a. 1. Done at a good 
or suitable time ; opportune. 
Methinks an angry scorn is here well timed. 
Lowell, ToG. W. Curtis. 
2. Keeping accurate time: as, trcH-timed oars. 
well-to-do (wel'to-do'), a. 1. Having means 
to do or get along with; well off; forehanded; 
prosperous : as, a well-to-do merchant or farmer. 
I am rich and well-to-do. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
2. Manifesting a state of being well off; in- 
dicative of prosperity. 
There was a well-to-do aspect al)out the place. 
Mre. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, vi, 
Tobermory is a commonplace town, with a semicircle of 
uvll-to-do houses on the shores of a sheltered bay. 
Harper's. Mag., LXXVII. 498. 
well-tomb (■wel'tom), n. A deeply excavated 
tomb; one of a numerous class of ancient 
burial-pits, as in Egypt and in Phenician lands, 
etc., sunk in the gi'ound or rock like wells. 
The graves belong to tiie type of well-tombs, and show a 
curious and subtle art in their design for the purpo.ses of 
concealment. The Nation, XLVIII. 303. 
well-trap (wel'trap), n. Same as stink-trap. 
well-'tube (wel'tiib), «. A wooden or metallic 
tube or piping running from top to bottom of a 
well for the fluid to rise or be pumped through. 
See cut niuler jiackiiig Well-tube filter, a filter or 
stl-ainer at tiie end <if the tube of a driven well, to pre- 
vent the entrance of gravel or sanil. 
well-turned (wel'tcnul), «. 1. Accurately 
tm'ued or rounded: as, a well-turned column. — 
2. Dexterously turned or fashioned; well- 
rounded; aptly constructed: as, a well-turned 
sentence or compliment. 
well-warranted (wel'wor'an-ted), n. Having 
good warrant or credit; well-accredited; well- 
trusted. 
And yon, my nolde and well-warranted cousin, . . . 
Do with your injuries as seems yon best. 
Shak., M. for ,\f., V. 1. 254. 
well-water (werwa"tcr), n. The water of a 
well or of wells ; water drawn from an artificial 
well. 
He alludes to the excellence of her freestone welt-ivatcr, 
declares he nnist really take a third drink out of her nice 
goiu-d. W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 24!>. 
well-'willedt, "■ [< ME. welwi/lli/d ; < u-eir~ + 
H'(//l -I- -<(l'^.] Bearing good-wiil; favorable. 
well-Willert (wcrwil"er), n. One who wills or 
wishes well ; a well-wisher. 
[They] scornefullie mocke his worde, and also spiteful- 
lie hate and hurte all well willera theieof. 
Aacham, The Scholemaster, p. 82. 
Be ruled by your well-willers. 
Shak., M. W. of W., i. 1. 72. 
well-'Willingt (wel'wil'ing), a. [< ME. wele- 
wijlttjiKj, welwillende, < AS. welwillende (tr. L. 
beneiuiliis), < wel. well, -t- willcndc, ppr. of ic///l.] 
Wishing well; well-inclined; favorable; friend- 
ly; propitious. 
To ther desire the kyng was welewillyng, 
So fourth on himtyne he rode certeyidy. 
Gemrgdes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 964. 
well-'Willyt (wel'wir'i), fl. [Also wcl-irilli/; Se. 
weill-wiUie ; < ME. wellwilli/ (= S\v. ralrillii/ = 
Dan. rcliillifi), benevolent; < irell- -I- with + 
-//I. Cf. well-willinij.'] Kindly wishing; favor- 
able ; propitious. 
Vetms mene I, the wehnlly planete. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 12.^»7. 
well-'wisht (wel'wish' ), )i. A good or favorable 
wish; a benevolent desire. 
If this be true, 1 nuist cfuifess'l am charitable. only in 
my liberal intentions, and bountiful wetlw'Shcy. 
Sir T. Brvume, Heligio Jledici, ii. 13. 
Let it not . . . enter into tlie heart of any one that hath 
... a well-winh for his friends or jiostcrity to tliink ()f a 
peace witli France. Addisvn, Present State of the War. 
well-wishedt (wel'wisht ), a. Held in good will ; 
highly esteemed ; well-liked. 
The general, subject to a well-wixh'd king, 
(^iiit tlieir own part. .Shak., M. for .M., ii. 4. 27. 
well-'Wisher (wel'wish'er), n. One who wishes 
well, its to a person or ii ctuise ; a person favor- 
ably inclined; a sympathizing friend. 
