Weald"en [AS. weald, wald, a forest, a wood. So called because this formation occurs in the wealds, or woods, of Kent and Sussex. See Weald.] Geol.

Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series.

 

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Weald"en, n. Geol.

The Wealden group or strata.

 

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