n. [ AS. See Wold. ] A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald,
And heard the spirits of the waste and weald
Moan as she fled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weald clay (Geol.), the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See Wealden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The Wealden group or strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of Kent, England. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]