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† well-strand north. and Sc. Obs. [f. well n.1 + strand n.2] A small stream flowing from a spring.
a1400Pistill of Susan 123 We wol wassche us..bi þis welle strende. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4618 Of whilk like welle strondys thi blode brast out freely. 1802C. Findlater Agric. Peebles 16 note, The designation of the smallest rill of water is a syke, or a well-strand, if from a spring-well. [1898E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow ii. 21 The little well-strand that trickled into the burn at our feet.] |