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▪ I. † waled, a. Obs. [f. wale n.1 + -ed2.] Striped. open-waled, having an open texture.
c1050Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 416/23 Histriatarum [understood as = striatarum (1 Kings vii. 24)], waledra. 1602Inv. in Collect. Archæol. (1863) II. 95 One waled matterice vj s. viij d. 1611Cotgr., Linomple, a fine, thinne, or open-waled linnen, much vsed in Picardie..for womens kerchers. 1665Hooke Microgr. 6 Fine waled Silk, or Taffety. ▪ II. waled, ppl. a.1 Sc. and north.|weɪld| [f. wale v.1 + -ed1.] Chosen, selected, picked. Cf. hand-waled.
c1400Destr. Troy 386 Walid wyne for to wete wantid þai none. c1470Henry Wallace viii. 1219 Fyfty ladyis was in hyr cumpany, Wallyt off wit. c1550Rolland Crt. Venus i. 64 Thair waillit weid, and stature to descriue, I can not gif perfite affirmatiue. c1640R. Sempill Piper Kilbarchan 43 He counted was a weil'd Wight-man. 1649Rutherford Let. to Mrs. Gillespie 14 Aug., Let not your heart say, it is an ill wailed dispensation. 1681R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. iii. iii. (1726) 376 What choice and wailed instruments such were, who were thus called forth. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xviii, Gude and waled Christians they were too. 1828Craven Gloss., Wealed, picked, chosen. ▪ III. waled, ppl. a.2 see wale v.2 |