Wealden

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wealden \Weald"en\ (?; 277), a. [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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wealden \Weald"en\, n. (Geol.)
     The Wealden group or strata.
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