Dictionary entry

Well (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Well (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Welled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Welling.] [OE. wellen, AS. wyllan, wellan, fr. weallan; akin to OFries. walla, OS. & OHG. wallan, G. wallen, Icel. vella, G. welle, wave, OHG. wella, walm, AS. wylm; cf. L. volvere to roll, Gr. � to inwrap, � to roll. Cf. Voluble, Wallop to boil, Wallow, Weld of metal.] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. “ welled from out the wound.” Dryden.wells softly forth.” Bryant.

From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm,

Pure welling out, he through the lucid lake

Of fair Dambea rolls his infant streams. Thomson.