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weald

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weald  (wld)
n. Chiefly British
1. A woodland.
2. An area of open rolling upland.
[From Weald, a once-forested area in southeast England, from Old English wald, weald, forest.]
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Noun1.weald - an area of open or forested country
rural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom


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Though it must be admitted that the denudation of the Weald has been a mere trifle, in comparison with that which has removed masses of our palaeozoic strata, in parts ten thousand feet in thickness, as shown in Prof.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
William Caxton, as he himself tells us, was born in Kent in the Weald.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
These woods are locally supposed to be the extreme fringe of the great Weald forest, which thins away until it reaches the northern chalk downs.
The Valley of Fear by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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