Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WELL-BAL'ANC-ED, a.

Rightly balanced.

WELL-BE'ING, n. [well and being.]

Welfare; happiness prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the wellbeing of men of society.

WELL-BE-LOV-ED, a.

Greatly beloved. Mark. xii.

WELL'-BORN, a. [well and born.]

Born of a noble or respectable family; not of mean birth. Waller. Dryden.

WELL'-BRED, a. [well and bred.]

Educated to polished manners; polite. Roscommon.

WELL-BUILT, a.

Built in a substantial manner.

WELL-COM-PLEX'ION-ED, a.

Having a good complexion.

WELL-CON-DI'TION-ED, a.

Being in a good state.

WELL-COUCH-ED, a.

Couched in proper terms.

WELL-DE-FIN-ED, a.

Truly defined.

WELL-DE-SCRIB-ED, a.

Truly described.

WELL-DE-VIS-ED, a.

Rightly devised.

WELL-DI-GEST'ED, a.

Fully digested.

WELL-DIS-CERN'ED, a.

Rightly discerned.

WELL-DIS-POS-ED, a.

Rightly disposed.

WELL-DO-ER, n.

One who performs his moral and social duties.

WELL-DO-ING, n.

Performance of duties.

WELL-DONE, exclam. [well and done.]

A word of praise; bravely; nobly; in a right manner.

WELL'-DRAIN, n. [well and drain.]

A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land. Cyc.

WELL'-DRAIN, v.t.

To drain land by means of wells or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery. Cyc.

WELL'-DRAWN, a.

Truly drawn.

WELL-DRESSED, a.

Handsomely dressed.

WELL-EDU-CAT-ED, a.

Having a good education.

WELL-ES-TAB'LISH-ED, a.

Firmly established.

WELL'FARE,

is now written Welfare.