[ noun ] a tract of open rolling country (especially upland) <noun.location>
Wold \Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. v["o]llr, a field, and probably to Gr. ? a grove, Skr. v[=a]?a a garden, inclosure. Cf. {Weald}.] 1. A wood; a forest.
2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not.
And from his further bank [AE]tolia's wolds espied. --Byron.
The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open wold. --Tennyson.
Wold \Wold\, n. See {Weld}.
Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.]
2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.