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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WEEL-NATURED, ppl.adj. Good-natured, kindly and amiable, not easily angered (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 110).Sc. 1759 A. Smith Moral Sentiments iv. i.:
The social and well-natured James the First of Great-Britain.Sc. 1831 Scott Count Robert xx.:
The well-natured knight soon after returned to his own castle.Abd. 1884 D. Grant Keckleton 37:
I ken that he's weel-natured an' richt kind-hairted.