Well

wel, n. a rise of water from the earth: a spring: a pit in the earth whence a supply of water is obtained: an enclosure in a ship's hold round the pumps: the open space in the middle of a staircase: a cavity: an eddy.— v.i. to i ue forth, as water from the earth: to spring.— ns. Well′-boat , -smack , a fishing-boat having a well; Well′-bor′ing , sinking wells by drilling through rock; Well′-buck′et , a ve el for drawing up water from a well; Well′-curb , the stone ring built round the mouth of a well; Well′-deck , an enclosed space on the deck of a ship; Well′-drain , a pit drawing the water from wet land; Well′-dre ′ing , the festal decoration of wells and springs, as at Ti ington in Derby shire on Ascension-day, .; Well′-head , the source of a spring; Well′-hole , the pit or shaft of a well; Well′-house , a room built over a well; Well′ing , an outpouring; Well′-room , a room enclosing a mineral well: a cavity in a boat for collecting leakage and rain-water; Well′-sink′er , one who digs wells; Well′-sink′ing , the act of boring for water; Well′-spring , a fountain.— The wells , any place where mineral wells are situated. [A.S. well a — we all an , to boil; cf. Ice. vell a , to boil.]