| weald | A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; often used in place names. "Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard the spirits of the waste and weald Moan as she fled. <geology> " (Tennyson) Weald clay, the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See Wealden. Origin: AS. See Wold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| wealden | <geology> Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series. Origin: AS. Weald, wald, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds, or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See Weald. <geology> The Wealden group or strata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |