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Answer for the clue "Upland plain ", 4 letters:
wold

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] (Bot.) An herb ( Reseda luteola ) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. 2 (context obsolete English) A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wald (Anglian), weald (West Saxon, Kentish) "forest, wooded upland," from Proto-Germanic *walthuz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian wald , Middle Dutch woude , wold , Dutch woud , Middle Low German walde , Old High German wald , German Wald ...

Usage examples of wold.

All familiar scenes anear Disappear-- Homestead, orchard, field, and wold.

Bishop of Leightyn in the towr, for that he wold not shew his farder interest to Nangle: he sayd that after I had seen his brode seal of commendation, that I had institution and induction to the Nangle.

I cam to her at three quarters of the clok afternone, and she sayd she wold send me something to kepe Christmas with.

I had on the Sunday abowt 7 of the clok afternone the cramp most extremely in the very centre of the calves of both my legs, and in the place where I had the suddeyn grief on Bartilmew-even last I had payn so intollerable as yf the vaynes or artheries wold have broken by extreme stretching, or how els I cannot tell.

When the words are spoken, you lift the curdler, seeing Wold doing the same, but faster, more surely.

Your Aunt and Harry Whent to the Wells Races and Spent a very Pleasant Day your Aunt has Lost Old Fanney Sow She Died about a Week a Go Harry he Wanted your Aunt to have her killed and send her to London and Shee Wold Fech her 11 pounds the Farmers have Lost a Greet Deal of Cattel such as Hogs and Cows What theay call the Plage I Whent to your Aunt as you Wish Mee to Do But She Told Mee She Did not wont aney Boddy She Told Mee She Should Like to Come up to see you But She Cant Come know for she is Boddyley ill and Harry Donte Work there know But he Go up there Once in Two or Three Day Harry Offered is self to Go up to Live With your Aunt But She Made him know Ancer.

I hope your time is not so precious but that you will allow my Lady and myself to offer you the hospitality of Chesney Wold, for tonight at least.

Booth sayd that he wold yeld that to me that he wold not yeld to the bisshop nor any other.

Clerkson ill things of me that I should mak his frend, as that he was wery of me, that I wold so flatter his frende the lerned man that I wold borow him of him.

This they promised uppon condition I wold be bownd to them to see them repayd agayn.

On their right stretched the rocky wolds of the Valverras, and on the left the Caln Marish, with the same rattling stands of black reeds that they had seen before they entered Edinur.

At Norton Wold they would not have to ask the control tower for permission to approach and overshoot on a runway.

In each of these is there coined money, both white and red, and some deal of gold uncoined, and of rings and brooches a few, and by estimation there is in each bag the same value reckoned in lawful silver of Upmeads and the Wolds and the Overhill-Countries.

As Sir Leicester basks in his library and dozes over his newspaper, is there no influence in the house to startle him, not to say to make the very trees at Chesney Wold fling up their knotted arms, the very portraits frown, the very armour stir?

And legend says that when he reached the verdant valley of the River Coln, he paused on a swath of bottomland which rolled out to meet the wolds like a lush green carpet.