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wellsides

wellsides is the plural of wellside.

Meaning of wellside

Noun

wellside (plural wellsides)

  1. The area beside a well.
    • Once againe for a husband, & in faith Celanta I have got the start of you; Belike husbands growe by the Well side […]1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 777-779
  2. The side of a well.
    • Fairway then lit a lantern, tied it to another cord, and began lowering it into the well beside the first. Clym came forward and looked down. Strange humid leaves, which knew nothing of the seasons of the year, and quaint-natured mosses were revealed on the wellside as the lantern descended […]1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, Book Three, Chapter 3

Questions about wellsides

What is wellsides the plural of?
Wellsides is the plural of wellside.

Words near wellsides in the dictionary

  1. Wellseans
  2. Wellsford
  3. Wellsian
  4. Wellsians
  5. wellside
  6. wellsides
  7. wellsinker
  8. wellsinkers
  9. wellsite
  10. wellsite geologist
  11. wellsite geologists

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