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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†WEEL-LEARED, ppl.adj. Having had a good education or training, well-versed, well-read. See Lear, v.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 212:
For you thir lads, as weel-lear'd trav'lers tell, Had sell'd their sarks, gin sarks they'd had to sell.Sc. 1839 Wilson's Tales of the Borders V. 203:
He's weel leared and wad be a credit to ony profession.