▪ I. † waled, a. Obs.
[f. wale n.1 + -ed2.]
Striped. open-waled, having an open texture.
| c 1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 416/23 Histriatarum [understood as = striatarum (1 Kings vii. 24)], waledra. 1602 Inv. in Collect. Archæol. (1863) II. 95 One waled matterice vj s. viij d. 1611 Cotgr., Linomple, a fine, thinne, or open-waled linnen, much vsed in Picardie..for womens kerchers. 1665 Hooke 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.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 386 Walid wyne for to wete wantid þai none. c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 1219 Fyfty ladyis was in hyr cumpany, Wallyt off wit. c 1550 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 64 Thair waillit weid, and stature to descriue, I can not gif perfite affirmatiue. ? c 1640 R. Sempill Piper Kilbarchan 43 He counted was a weil'd Wight-man. 1649 Rutherford Let. to Mrs. Gillespie 14 Aug., Let not your heart say, it is an ill wailed dispensation. 1681 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. iii. iii. (1726) 376 What choice and wailed instruments such were, who were thus called forth. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xviii, Gude and waled Christians they were too. 1828 Craven Gloss., Wealed, picked, chosen. |
▪ III. waled, ppl. a.2
see wale v.2