WELL (water)
NOUNS
► KELD ► KELL a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river → 1697 N. Eng. dial.
► WALL a spring of water; a well → 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WILD-CAT a well, or the act of drilling a well → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► REEST of a well: to dry up → 1806 Sc.