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An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.archaicregional
- Saint Withold footed thrice the ’old; He met the nightmare, and her nine fold;
- […]—I came with my cousin, Frank Osbaldistone, there, and I must shew him the way back again to the Hall, or he’ll lose himself in the wolds.
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A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.obsolete
wold
wәuld4 senses · 63 ms
Level C2
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Old.DevonWest-Countryarchaic
- "[A] girt wind had a-blowed the wold tree auver, so that his head were in the water."
- "I've got a wold silver spoon, and a wold graven seal at home, too; but, Lord, what's a graven seal?"