Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: WELL-AD-JUST'ED – WELL'-DRAIN
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WELL-AD-JUST'ED, a.
Rightly adjusted.
WELL-AIM'ED, a.
Rightly aimed.
WELL-AN'CHOR-ED, a.
Safely moored; well established.
WELL-AP-POINT'ED, a.
Fully furnished and equipped as, a well-appointed army.
Supported by good authority.
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.
Having a good complexion.
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.