well-heatedadj.
/ˌwɛlˈhiːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈhidᵻd/ Heated to a great or full extent; thoroughly or plentifully supplied with heat (in various senses of the noun).
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1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. Mviv In my vaines, well-heated blood doth glow.
1642 Bp. J. Hall Modest Confut. 2 Is this your noble jealousie, your dear love to the souls of weak Christians! this your well-heated fervency!
1709 E. Ward Island of Content 6 They'll be as well bak'd into crusty half-penny Rolls, as if they had been stopp'd up as long in a well-heated Oven.
1761 J. Chandler Treat. Dis. called Cold (ed. 2) v. 63 Applying a well heated hand, or other soft substance, over the closed eye.
1804 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Gen. Syst. Chem. Knowl. V. vi. xii. 301 The whole is poured into a greased and well heated iron cone, then agitated.
1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe xiv. 82 There were wooden benches round a well-heated earthenware stove.
1911 Pop. Mech. Apr. 583/1 A continual supply of warm water, well-heated rooms and no ashes to sift.
1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) v. 84 We had sat..tightly squeezed into this snug and well-heated lounge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1622- to give one the slampant
- to give one the slip
- to give one the wite
- to give one the wite of
- to give one the worse
- to give one two dozen
- to give one's all
- to give one's arm
- to give one's beard for the washing
- to give one's end
- to give one's faith
- to give one's faith to
- to give one's faith unto
- to give one's hand
- to give one's hands
- to give one's hat
- to give one's head for the polling
- to give one's head for the washing
- to give one's honour
- to give one's life
- to give one's mind to
- to give one's mother for a maid
- to give one's name to
- to give one's right arm to do something
- to give one's right arm to for something