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wealden
CIDE DICTIONARY
wealden, 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.].
Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oölitic series. [1913 Webster]
wealden, n.
The Wealden group or strata. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wealden, adj. & n. Brit.
--adj.
1 of the Weald.
2 resembling the Weald geologically.
--n. a series of Lower Cretaceous freshwater deposits above Jurassic strata and below chalk, best exemplified in the Weald.
--adj.
1 of the Weald.
2 resembling the Weald geologically.
--n. a series of Lower Cretaceous freshwater deposits above Jurassic strata and below chalk, best exemplified in the Weald.
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