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spring-well
[f. spring n.1 2 + well n.]
A spring or well of water; a spring-head or fountain. Also fig.
a1300in Birch Cartul. Sax. II. 473 So bi strete on hole⁓dene; endlang denes to springwellen. c1450Myrr. Our Ladye 280 All helthe cometh from god, that ys the sprynge welle of all goodnesse. 1535Coverdale Isaiah xlix. 10 He..shal lede them, and geue them drinke of the springe welles. 1544Betham Precepts War i. ii. B iij, When these two vyces be the spryngwel and heed of al myschefe. 1601Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 391/2 The spring-well quhilk is the heid of the burne Tayok. c1845Fullarton's Gazetteer Scot. s.v. Dornock, A spring-well on the spot..is still called Sword-well. 1893O'Donoghue Brendaniana 171, I discovered these two caves and this spring-well. |