See weald in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Harrow Weald"
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"A forest or wood."
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"(archaic) A forest or wood."
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"text": "[S]he to Almesbury / Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, / And heard the Spirits of the waste and weald / Moan as she fled, or thought she heard them moan: […]",
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"(archaic) An open country."
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