well-ground
/ˌwɛlˈɡraʊnd/adjective
1Thoroughly or properly abraded, fashioned, or sharpened by grinding.
2Reduced to very or sufficiently small particles by grinding; thoroughly or properly ground.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From well + ground.
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