wellingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈwɛlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɛlɪŋ/

Forms: see well v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < well v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.Compare Old English samodwiellung ( < samed adv. + well v.¹ + -ing suffix¹, after classical Latin concrētiō concretion n., apparently with reference to the alleged regeneration of bees by coagulation from a liquid; compare sense 1):eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 134 Concretione, brode, somodwellunge.

†1. The action or fact of bringing a liquid to the boil, or of boiling up liquid in a pot; the fact of coming to the boil; an instance of this. Also: the action of thickening or curdling milk or the like by scalding it. Obsolete.Recorded earliest in welling-lead n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun]

welling1371

seethinga1387

boiling1481

ebullition1594

elixation1605

estuating1674

the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > curds > curdling

welling1371

caseation?a1425

quailing1440

curdling1585

cailling1601

tyrosis1684

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > agitation of liquid in boiling

walmOE

welling1371

boilingc1380

fervence14..

fervoura1440

play1440

effervescence1651

exaestuation1666

effervescency1681

estuation1684

wambling1686

popple1826

soubresaut1849

tottling1864

1371–3 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 577 (MED) In emendacione unius Wellynglede in pistrino.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 148^v Pirreta cicerum of Maister Arnold..steped bi a nyȝt wiþ swete water..boiled on þe morne with 2 wellyngez [L. feruoribus] wiþ alitil petrosillo.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 521/1 Wellynge, of mylke and oþer lycure, coagulacio, decoccio.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 521/1 Wellynge, or boylynge of playynge pottys, ebullicio, bullicio.

1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 22 Take so much water as will go into the small kettle, so let it have a welling or two on the fire.

1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 119 Welling of Whey; is heating it scalding hot, in order to the taking off the Curds.

†2.

a. The melting or casting of metal. Cf. well v.¹ 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > heating > melting

welling1424

melting1444

conflature1669

1424–5 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 152 (MED) Item, Thomæ Qwernside pro scharpyng et wellyng of wegges de ferro, 5 d.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. li. 17 Ech wellere togidere is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals [L. quia mendax est conflatio eorum].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 521 Wellynge, of metel, fusio.

b. = welding n.¹ Cf. well v.¹ 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding

shutting1490

welding1603

welling1660

burning1688

shutting up1852

shutting together1883

shooting1892

1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 109 Smiths..compactly consolidated their Irons together as if they had been conglutinated with a true compaction, or welling.

1795 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 328 The substance made white hot, by the forge, had the glassy smooth surface of iron, in what is termed the welding or the welling state.

a. The bubbling, surging, or flowing up or gushing forth of water, a stream, a fountain, etc.; an instance of this. Also with out, and without construction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] > flowing out or forth

springinga1398

wellinga1425

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [noun]

wellinga1425

overflow1589

restagnation1623

superflux1760

overflooding1881

outpour1897

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 10^v Bullio, a wellynge op.

?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 292 Þere arose a suche a sprynggynge and wellinge op of wateres and floodes, bothe of þe see and also of fresshe ryvers & spryngeȝ, þat [etc.].

a1500 ( Bale's Chron. in R. Flenley Six Town Chron. (1911) 135 The ix day of Octobre was such a wellyng and spring of waters..that [etc.].

a1672 P. Sterry Rise Kingdom of God (1683) 191 The bublings and wellings forth of a Fountain.

a1757 T. Edwards Canons Crit. (1758) vi. 46 The flowing, or welling of the blood from K. Henry's wounds.

1825 J. M. Sherer Story of Life II. 344 The only thing that soothed me was the gentle welling forth of the water, from which I daily drank.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xxiv. 326 The welling up of the Jordan in the cavern at the base of giant Mount Hermon.

1892 Nature 2 June 118/2 We have the..eruptions of Vesuvius accompanied by violent outbursts of ‘ashes’ and welling out of lava.

1901 A. G. Auld Sel. Researches Pathol. vi. 82 That the intravascular pressure is considerable is apparent from the welling forth of the fluid which occurs after section.

1958 Poetry July 246 This is it: by the pungent smell from the flocks, By the bubble and welling of water, This is the voice of the spring.

2005 V. Strang in A. Coles & T. Wallace Gender, Water & Devel. ii. 25 The welling up of spring water from the site on which Judith is killed..strikes a slightly subversive note.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. with reference to a surge of emotion.

ΚΠ

1833 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Jan. 334 The welling-up of their innocent joyousness at the very sight of beauty.

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xiv. 259 The notes..strike the mind by their loudness and variety, as the wellings forth from joyous hearts, of praise to Him who fills them with overflowing gladness.

1896 F. M. Crawford Corleone (1897) II. xxvii. 121 With a wild welling up of hope, Francesco galloped along the road.

1946 Rotarian Apr. 66/2 Let my prayer not be mere acoustics, but rather a welling forth of my inmost being.

1990 A. Stoddard Gift of Let. i. 32 After his death I was left with the pain of absence and silence, also a welling-up of all those rich memories.

2003 N. Harding Social Constr. Managem. v. 107 I was unprepared for the welling of emotion that such abstractions can rouse in the viewer.

Compounds

† welling-lead n. [ < welling n.¹ + lead n.¹] Obsolete a cauldron (cf. lead n.¹ 5a).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > cauldron

leada1100

cauldronc1300

welling-lead1371

chaldron1555

witch's cauldron1762

set-pot1839

1371-3Wellynglede [see sense 1].

1561 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1982) (modernized text) I. 58 To William my son my great welling lead at 21.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† wellingn.²

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well n.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < well n.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

In singular and plural. Apparently: the main body of a well or shaft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well > shaft

wellway1753

well tube1807

well-boring1822

well shaft1830

well hole1839

welling1865

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Oct. 7 He was assisting in placing a pile in the ‘wellings’ when the chain slipped from the ‘crab’.

1876 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1875 132 Depth from surface to bottom of shaft 125 yards; diameters 14 ft. × 11 ft. inside welling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

wellingadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɛlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɛlɪŋ/

Forms: see well v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < well v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier walling adj.¹

†1.

a. Of liquid: boiling. Also of a vessel: containing boiling liquid. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective]

wallingc1000

welling?a1200

seethinga1300

boilingc1320

playing1440

ebullient1599

bullient1682

aboil1846

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very

wall-hotc1000

walm-hotOE

hot as hellOE

welling?a1200

welling hota1400

aestuant?1440

burning1484

scalding?a1513

broiling1555

roasting1567

walming hot1601

boiling hot1607

baking1656

stewing-hot1711

piping1823

grilling1839

seething1848

white-hot1855

stewing1856

incandescent1859

swithering1895

boiling1930

?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) xciv. 138 Seos [prob. read seoþ] þas wyrt on wellende [OE Vitell. weallendon] wætere, lat þanne colian.

a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 234 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 81 A pine ic chulle kenne: wellinde laumpes letet on hire renne.

c1390 Vision St. Paul (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 255 (MED) Þei sodun euerichon In wellyng pich and Brumston.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26753 Alle your entrailles ilkon In welland pottes sal be don.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7126 It salle be hatter þan ever was Molten led or welland bras.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 385 (MED) Sone after come ij deuyls yellyng, and broughtyn a Cawderon full of hote wellyng brasse.

b. figurative in the alliterative phrase welling woe, with reference to the fires or torments of hell; cf. to well in woe at well v.¹ 2b. See also welling wood adj. at Compounds. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun]

helleOE

hellOE

perditiona1382

perishingc1384

welling woea1400

hellwardc1400

Topheta1425

gehenne1481

to devilwardc1550

limbo1581

Averna1592

Hades1597

Sheol1599

other place1604

underworld1608

infernals1613

gehenna1623

lower world1639

netherworld1640

pandemonium1667

subterrenea1711

diablerie1776

inferno1834

ballyhooly1837

nether region1839

Sam Hill1839

Ballyhack1843

tunket1871

bogydom1880

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21836 (MED) He demed me in-till hell depe, Euer in welland wa to wepe.

c1450 (?a1370) Wynnere & Wastoure (1990) l. 262 (MED) For siche a synn haste þou solde thi soule into helle, And there es euer wellande woo.

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 634 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 274 [Christ] tholit þare dyspituise ded, fra welland wa vs al to led.

2. Of water, a spring, tears, etc.: flowing copiously or readily, bubbling up or out, surging. Also figurative, esp. of sound or music: see well v.¹ 9b.Recorded earliest in ever-welling adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > copiously or continuously

outflowingOE

wellingc1400

outgushing1569

overflown1579

profluous1585

outstreaming1598

spewing1616

effluxivea1657

effluxing1674

effluenced1691

effluent1726

effusive1726

outwelling1736

profluent1737

outpouring1808

pumping1812

gushing1815

founting1827

flowing1867

fountaining1883

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > copiously or suddenly

wellingc1400

railinga1470

flushing?1548

washing1560

streaming1579

gushing1582

fluenta1592

teeming1627

c1400 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Vernon) (1984) 45 (MED) What goodnesse þu drawst vp of þat euere-wellyngge welle, Criste.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxvi. 19 Thei diggiden in the stronde, and thei founden wellynge watir.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi^v Or els to see the syght that might al my wellynge sorowes voyde.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. f. vii He was a continual wellyng fountayne of eloquence,..a botomlesse spring of largesse and benignitie.

1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 50 Alongste my stayned cheekes eche houre the welling teares doe trill.

1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fourth Bk. Moses, called Numbers sig. Z3^v/2 Living water..that is, as the Chaldee expoundeth it spring (or welling) water; which for the continual motion is called living water.

1747 W. Mason Musæus 6 Where mild Ladon's welling waters play.

1767 W. L. Lewis tr. Statius Thebaid I. v. 208 She rushes on him... Catches the welling Blood.

1850 B. Disraeli Let. 1 Jan. in W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1914) III. viii. 238 There should be more variety in the movement. Something to break the low, tho' welling, chorus of the agrestic multitude.

1858 F. W. Farrar Eric i. xiii Soft hair, tangled with welling blood.

1890 H. H. Johnston in Nature 13 Nov. 46 A welling, brackish pool.

1905 Climbers' Club Jrnl. 7 186 The famous sources of Scamander, where clear welling streams leap in the shadow out of sylvan grottos.

1960 J. De Vinck tr. St. Bonaventure Wks. I. 243 Not just a drop, O good Jesus..but a welling stream of blood sprang from five parts of Your body.

1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) vi. 416 There was nothing harsh or brutal about the Coptic chant, the welling notes of the refrain resolving to give the whole threnody a tragic, desolate air.

2007 A. Ivy Embrace Darkness i. 13 Hissing softly the vamp leaned downward to lick the welling blood.

3. That pours out liquid in a stream or streams; (of a wound, etc.) bleeding freely or profusely. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [adjective] > emitting

spouting1566

welling1573

scaturient1684

sluicya1703

gushing1717

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting copiously

spouting1567

welling1573

teeming1627

diffusive?1630

diabetic1673

gushing1717

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. sig. Eeiij With cruell death him Pallas slewe, And soone his mighty sword quyte through his wellinge lungs he drue.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 81 The Sunne..and Winds..Extract as much still of her Humours thin, As weeping Aire and welling Earth powres in.

?1774 S. Johnson Sensibility 13 See there the Wretch, who leans upon his sword Life issuing from the welling wound!

1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xvii. 1064 Kneels Kaled watchful o'er his welling side.

1829 W. Liddiard Legend of Einsidlin iv. 100 Welcome as prophet when with wielded rod, He struck the welling rock.

1910 Sat. Rev. 19 Feb. 225/1 His speeches..have the air of happy improvisation, as though they came from a welling heart.

2012 D. Waters Balcer Redempt. 178 He took off his shirt, folded it into a thick pad, and pressed it gently against the welling wound.

Compounds

† welling hot adj. Obsolete boiling hot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very

wall-hotc1000

walm-hotOE

hot as hellOE

welling?a1200

welling hota1400

aestuant?1440

burning1484

scalding?a1513

broiling1555

roasting1567

walming hot1601

boiling hot1607

baking1656

stewing-hot1711

piping1823

grilling1839

seething1848

white-hot1855

stewing1856

incandescent1859

swithering1895

boiling1930

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 6578 Who-so handlyþ pycche wellyng hote, He shal haue fylþe þerof sumdeyl.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4080 (MED) Till he come blesenand on a brym was welland hate.

† welling wood adj. Obsolete raving mad, wildly insane (cf. walling adj.¹ 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > frenzied or raging

aweddeOE

woodc1000

woodlyc1000

wildc1300

franticc1390

ramage1440

welling woodc1440

staringc1449

rammistc1455

rabious1460

horn-wood?a1500

rammisha1500

enragea1522

frenzic1547

wood-like1578

horn-mad1579

woodful1582

frenzicala1586

ragefula1586

rabid1594

ravening1599

ravenous1607

Pythic1640

exorbitant1668

frenziful1726

haggard-wild1786

frenzied1796

maenadic1830

berserk1867

up the wall1951

ballistic1981

c1440 St. Christopher (Thornton) 53 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 455/2 Bathe to-gedir away þay ȝode Als þay hade bene welland wode.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 82 (MED) Thes folk shall flyt no far, If he go welland wode.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹1371

n.²1865

adj.?a1200

单词	welling
释义	wellingn.¹ Brit. /ˈwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɛlɪŋ/ Forms: see well v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < well v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.Compare Old English samodwiellung ( < samed adv. + well v.¹ + -ing suffix¹, after classical Latin concrētiō concretion n., apparently with reference to the alleged regeneration of bees by coagulation from a liquid; compare sense 1):eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 134 Concretione, brode, somodwellunge. †1. The action or fact of bringing a liquid to the boil, or of boiling up liquid in a pot; the fact of coming to the boil; an instance of this. Also: the action of thickening or curdling milk or the like by scalding it. Obsolete.Recorded earliest in welling-lead n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] welling1371 seethinga1387 boiling1481 ebullition1594 elixation1605 estuating1674 the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > curds > curdling welling1371 caseation?a1425 quailing1440 curdling1585 cailling1601 tyrosis1684 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > agitation of liquid in boiling walmOE welling1371 boilingc1380 fervence14.. fervoura1440 play1440 effervescence1651 exaestuation1666 effervescency1681 estuation1684 wambling1686 popple1826 soubresaut1849 tottling1864 1371–3 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 577 (MED) In emendacione unius Wellynglede in pistrino. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 148^v Pirreta cicerum of Maister Arnold..steped bi a nyȝt wiþ swete water..boiled on þe morne with 2 wellyngez [L. feruoribus] wiþ alitil petrosillo. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 521/1 Wellynge, of mylke and oþer lycure, coagulacio, decoccio. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 521/1 Wellynge, or boylynge of playynge pottys, ebullicio, bullicio. 1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 22 Take so much water as will go into the small kettle, so let it have a welling or two on the fire. 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 119 Welling of Whey; is heating it scalding hot, in order to the taking off the Curds. †2. a. The melting or casting of metal. Cf. well v.¹ 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > heating > melting welling1424 melting1444 conflature1669 1424–5 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 152 (MED) Item, Thomæ Qwernside pro scharpyng et wellyng of wegges de ferro, 5 d. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. li. 17 Ech wellere togidere is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals [L. quia mendax est conflatio eorum]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 521 Wellynge, of metel, fusio. b. = welding n.¹ Cf. well v.¹ 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding shutting1490 welding1603 welling1660 burning1688 shutting up1852 shutting together1883 shooting1892 1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 109 Smiths..compactly consolidated their Irons together as if they had been conglutinated with a true compaction, or welling. 1795 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 328 The substance made white hot, by the forge, had the glassy smooth surface of iron, in what is termed the welding or the welling state. 3. a. The bubbling, surging, or flowing up or gushing forth of water, a stream, a fountain, etc.; an instance of this. Also with out, and without construction. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] > flowing out or forth springinga1398 wellinga1425 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [noun] wellinga1425 overflow1589 restagnation1623 superflux1760 overflooding1881 outpour1897 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 10^v Bullio, a wellynge op. ?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 292 Þere arose a suche a sprynggynge and wellinge op of wateres and floodes, bothe of þe see and also of fresshe ryvers & spryngeȝ, þat [etc.]. a1500 ( Bale's Chron. in R. Flenley Six Town Chron. (1911) 135 The ix day of Octobre was such a wellyng and spring of waters..that [etc.]. a1672 P. Sterry Rise Kingdom of God (1683) 191 The bublings and wellings forth of a Fountain. a1757 T. Edwards Canons Crit. (1758) vi. 46 The flowing, or welling of the blood from K. Henry's wounds. 1825 J. M. Sherer Story of Life II. 344 The only thing that soothed me was the gentle welling forth of the water, from which I daily drank. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xxiv. 326 The welling up of the Jordan in the cavern at the base of giant Mount Hermon. 1892 Nature 2 June 118/2 We have the..eruptions of Vesuvius accompanied by violent outbursts of ‘ashes’ and welling out of lava. 1901 A. G. Auld Sel. Researches Pathol. vi. 82 That the intravascular pressure is considerable is apparent from the welling forth of the fluid which occurs after section. 1958 Poetry July 246 This is it: by the pungent smell from the flocks, By the bubble and welling of water, This is the voice of the spring. 2005 V. Strang in A. Coles & T. Wallace Gender, Water & Devel. ii. 25 The welling up of spring water from the site on which Judith is killed..strikes a slightly subversive note. b. figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. with reference to a surge of emotion. ΚΠ 1833 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Jan. 334 The welling-up of their innocent joyousness at the very sight of beauty. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xiv. 259 The notes..strike the mind by their loudness and variety, as the wellings forth from joyous hearts, of praise to Him who fills them with overflowing gladness. 1896 F. M. Crawford Corleone (1897) II. xxvii. 121 With a wild welling up of hope, Francesco galloped along the road. 1946 Rotarian Apr. 66/2 Let my prayer not be mere acoustics, but rather a welling forth of my inmost being. 1990 A. Stoddard Gift of Let. i. 32 After his death I was left with the pain of absence and silence, also a welling-up of all those rich memories. 2003 N. Harding Social Constr. Managem. v. 107 I was unprepared for the welling of emotion that such abstractions can rouse in the viewer. Compounds † welling-lead n. [ < welling n.¹ + lead n.¹] Obsolete a cauldron (cf. lead n.¹ 5a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > cauldron leada1100 cauldronc1300 welling-lead1371 chaldron1555 witch's cauldron1762 set-pot1839 1371-3Wellynglede [see sense 1]. 1561 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1982) (modernized text) I. 58 To William my son my great welling lead at 21. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † wellingn.² Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well n.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < well n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. In singular and plural. Apparently: the main body of a well or shaft. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well > shaft wellway1753 well tube1807 well-boring1822 well shaft1830 well hole1839 welling1865 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Oct. 7 He was assisting in placing a pile in the ‘wellings’ when the chain slipped from the ‘crab’. 1876 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1875 132 Depth from surface to bottom of shaft 125 yards; diameters 14 ft. × 11 ft. inside welling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). wellingadj. Brit. /ˈwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɛlɪŋ/ Forms: see well v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < well v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier walling adj.¹ †1. a. Of liquid: boiling. Also of a vessel: containing boiling liquid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective] wallingc1000 welling?a1200 seethinga1300 boilingc1320 playing1440 ebullient1599 bullient1682 aboil1846 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very wall-hotc1000 walm-hotOE hot as hellOE welling?a1200 welling hota1400 aestuant?1440 burning1484 scalding?a1513 broiling1555 roasting1567 walming hot1601 boiling hot1607 baking1656 stewing-hot1711 piping1823 grilling1839 seething1848 white-hot1855 stewing1856 incandescent1859 swithering1895 boiling1930 ?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) xciv. 138 Seos [prob. read seoþ] þas wyrt on wellende [OE Vitell. weallendon] wætere, lat þanne colian. a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 234 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 81 A pine ic chulle kenne: wellinde laumpes letet on hire renne. c1390 Vision St. Paul (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 255 (MED) Þei sodun euerichon In wellyng pich and Brumston. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26753 Alle your entrailles ilkon In welland pottes sal be don. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7126 It salle be hatter þan ever was Molten led or welland bras. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 385 (MED) Sone after come ij deuyls yellyng, and broughtyn a Cawderon full of hote wellyng brasse. b. figurative in the alliterative phrase welling woe, with reference to the fires or torments of hell; cf. to well in woe at well v.¹ 2b. See also welling wood adj. at Compounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] helleOE hellOE perditiona1382 perishingc1384 welling woea1400 hellwardc1400 Topheta1425 gehenne1481 to devilwardc1550 limbo1581 Averna1592 Hades1597 Sheol1599 other place1604 underworld1608 infernals1613 gehenna1623 lower world1639 netherworld1640 pandemonium1667 subterrenea1711 diablerie1776 inferno1834 ballyhooly1837 nether region1839 Sam Hill1839 Ballyhack1843 tunket1871 bogydom1880 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21836 (MED) He demed me in-till hell depe, Euer in welland wa to wepe. c1450 (?a1370) Wynnere & Wastoure (1990) l. 262 (MED) For siche a synn haste þou solde thi soule into helle, And there es euer wellande woo. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 634 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 274 [Christ] tholit þare dyspituise ded, fra welland wa vs al to led. 2. Of water, a spring, tears, etc.: flowing copiously or readily, bubbling up or out, surging. Also figurative, esp. of sound or music: see well v.¹ 9b.Recorded earliest in ever-welling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > copiously or continuously outflowingOE wellingc1400 outgushing1569 overflown1579 profluous1585 outstreaming1598 spewing1616 effluxivea1657 effluxing1674 effluenced1691 effluent1726 effusive1726 outwelling1736 profluent1737 outpouring1808 pumping1812 gushing1815 founting1827 flowing1867 fountaining1883 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > copiously or suddenly wellingc1400 railinga1470 flushing?1548 washing1560 streaming1579 gushing1582 fluenta1592 teeming1627 c1400 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Vernon) (1984) 45 (MED) What goodnesse þu drawst vp of þat euere-wellyngge welle, Criste. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxvi. 19 Thei diggiden in the stronde, and thei founden wellynge watir. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi^v Or els to see the syght that might al my wellynge sorowes voyde. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. f. vii He was a continual wellyng fountayne of eloquence,..a botomlesse spring of largesse and benignitie. 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 50 Alongste my stayned cheekes eche houre the welling teares doe trill. 1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fourth Bk. Moses, called Numbers sig. Z3^v/2 Living water..that is, as the Chaldee expoundeth it spring (or welling) water; which for the continual motion is called living water. 1747 W. Mason Musæus 6 Where mild Ladon's welling waters play. 1767 W. L. Lewis tr. Statius Thebaid I. v. 208 She rushes on him... Catches the welling Blood. 1850 B. Disraeli Let. 1 Jan. in W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1914) III. viii. 238 There should be more variety in the movement. Something to break the low, tho' welling, chorus of the agrestic multitude. 1858 F. W. Farrar Eric i. xiii Soft hair, tangled with welling blood. 1890 H. H. Johnston in Nature 13 Nov. 46 A welling, brackish pool. 1905 Climbers' Club Jrnl. 7 186 The famous sources of Scamander, where clear welling streams leap in the shadow out of sylvan grottos. 1960 J. De Vinck tr. St. Bonaventure Wks. I. 243 Not just a drop, O good Jesus..but a welling stream of blood sprang from five parts of Your body. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) vi. 416 There was nothing harsh or brutal about the Coptic chant, the welling notes of the refrain resolving to give the whole threnody a tragic, desolate air. 2007 A. Ivy Embrace Darkness i. 13 Hissing softly the vamp leaned downward to lick the welling blood. 3. That pours out liquid in a stream or streams; (of a wound, etc.) bleeding freely or profusely. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [adjective] > emitting spouting1566 welling1573 scaturient1684 sluicya1703 gushing1717 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting copiously spouting1567 welling1573 teeming1627 diffusive?1630 diabetic1673 gushing1717 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. sig. Eeiij With cruell death him Pallas slewe, And soone his mighty sword quyte through his wellinge lungs he drue. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 81 The Sunne..and Winds..Extract as much still of her Humours thin, As weeping Aire and welling Earth powres in. ?1774 S. Johnson Sensibility 13 See there the Wretch, who leans upon his sword Life issuing from the welling wound! 1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xvii. 1064 Kneels Kaled watchful o'er his welling side. 1829 W. Liddiard Legend of Einsidlin iv. 100 Welcome as prophet when with wielded rod, He struck the welling rock. 1910 Sat. Rev. 19 Feb. 225/1 His speeches..have the air of happy improvisation, as though they came from a welling heart. 2012 D. Waters Balcer Redempt. 178 He took off his shirt, folded it into a thick pad, and pressed it gently against the welling wound. Compounds † welling hot adj. Obsolete boiling hot. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very wall-hotc1000 walm-hotOE hot as hellOE welling?a1200 welling hota1400 aestuant?1440 burning1484 scalding?a1513 broiling1555 roasting1567 walming hot1601 boiling hot1607 baking1656 stewing-hot1711 piping1823 grilling1839 seething1848 white-hot1855 stewing1856 incandescent1859 swithering1895 boiling1930 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 6578 Who-so handlyþ pycche wellyng hote, He shal haue fylþe þerof sumdeyl. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4080 (MED) Till he come blesenand on a brym was welland hate. † welling wood adj. Obsolete raving mad, wildly insane (cf. walling adj.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > frenzied or raging aweddeOE woodc1000 woodlyc1000 wildc1300 franticc1390 ramage1440 welling woodc1440 staringc1449 rammistc1455 rabious1460 horn-wood?a1500 rammisha1500 enragea1522 frenzic1547 wood-like1578 horn-mad1579 woodful1582 frenzicala1586 ragefula1586 rabid1594 ravening1599 ravenous1607 Pythic1640 exorbitant1668 frenziful1726 haggard-wild1786 frenzied1796 maenadic1830 berserk1867 up the wall1951 ballistic1981 c1440 St. Christopher (Thornton) 53 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 455/2 Bathe to-gedir away þay ȝode Als þay hade bene welland wode. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 82 (MED) Thes folk shall flyt no far, If he go welland wode. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1371n.²1865adj.?a1200
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