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ˈsalt-well
[OE. *sealtwielle, -wylle (Northumb. -wælle).]
A salt spring, well, or pit; now, a bored well from which brine is obtained for salt-making.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Prol. 1 Of saltwælla ðone æne in-dranc. [1042in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 70 Ðer ofer ða stræt æfter ðam ᵹemære in saltwyllan; of saltwyllan in seᵹchæma ᵹemær.] 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. liii. (1495) 894 Some lycoure comyth of veynes of the erth: as water of salt welles. a1647Habington Surv. Worcs. in Proc. Worcs. Hist. Soc. II. 296 The freashe water with exceedynge fluddes overflowethe the banckes and for a season drownethe the salt⁓wells. 1656Smith & Webb Vale-Royal Engl. i. 19 The Salt-wells, which they call Brine-pits; out of the which, they make yearly a great quantity of fine white Salt. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters II. 30 Salt was..made in Cappadocia from salt wells. 1848Knapp's Chem. Technol. I. 260 Salt wells..are..frequently found ready formed in nature, wherever a spring, during its course, has come in contact with a bed of rock-salt. 1892Jackson in Lee Hist. Columbus (Ohio) I. 791 While working in the saltwells of Virginia.
Hence † saltweller, one who works at salt-wells.
1624Maldon, Essex, Borough Deeds Bundle 108 lf. 2 Samwell Smyth, saltweller. |