▪ I. welled, ppl. a.1
[f. well v.1 + -ed1.]
† a. Of metal: Molten, cast. Also welled together, rendering L. conflatilis. Obs.
| c 1300 Seyn Julian 54 A chetel wol of iwelled bras biuore þis maide was ibroȝt. 1382 Wyclif Hab. ii. 18 A wellid thing to gidre [Vulg. conflatile], and a fals ymage. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 520/2 Wellyd, as metel, fusus. c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. vi. 173 And thilk ymage is clepid there a graued thing, and a wellid to gidere thing. |
b. Of milk: Boiled, curdled. Of curds: Coagulated. Cf. wellcurds. Obs. exc. dial.
| c 1420 Liber Cocorum 53 Melle white brede in dysshes aboute, Powre in wellyd mylke. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 520/2 Wellyd, as mylke, coagulatus, concoctus. 1552 Huloet, Welled curdes, s[c]histon. 1750 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. III. i. viii. 138 From the Whey, if set on the Fire, will arise wild Curds by putting new Milk and sour Butter-milk to it. 1879 Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v. Walled, I toud yo' to wesh 'em i' the walled w'ey. |
▪ II. welled, ppl. a.2
[f. well n.1 + -ed2.]
1. Having a well or hollow on the surface, pitted.
| 1848 Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 337 A series of ill-defined welled depressions. 1855 tr. Labarte's Arts Mid. Ages p. xxix, A broad flat border, with a welled centre, characterise this class of plates. |
2. Having a tank or cistern in which fish are carried or preserved alive.
| 1864 Rep. Comm. Sea Fisheries (1866) II. 456 In the year 1712, at Harwich,..welled smacks were first constructed, suitable for fishing in the North Sea for cod-fish, &c. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Aug. 4 Your fish..are brought to the city alive in welled fishing boats. 1874 H. Mayhew Lond. Characters 335 These salmon mostly come..in welled steamers. |