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Webster 1913 Edition
Wealden
Weald′en
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[AS.
weald
, wald
, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds
, or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See Weald
.] (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series.
Weald′en
,Noun.
(Geol.)
The Wealden group or strata.