well-ˈboden, ppl. a. Sc.
[See boden ppl. a.]
Well provided or furnished; fully armed or equipped.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxviii. 6833 Weil bodyn Frankis men. 1496 Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 60 That al fremen..compeir..at the Cunneger hill, welbodin and abilȝeit for weir in ther personis. 1598 Fergusson Sc. Prov. (S.T.S.) 49 He is weill bodden ther ben that neidis nather borrow nor lend. 1808 Jamieson s.v. Boden, Weil-boden, or ill-boden, well or ill provided in whatever respect. |