north. and Sc. Obs. [f. WELL sb.1 + STRAND sb.2] A small stream flowing from a spring.
a. 1400. Pistill of Susan, 123. We wol wassche us … bi þis welle strende.
c. 1450. Mirour Saluacioun, 4618. Or whilk like welle strondys thi blode brast out freely.
1802. C. Findlater, Agric. Peebles, 16, note. The designation of the smallest rill of water is a syke, or a well-strand, if from a spring-well.
[1898. Ld. E. Hamilton, Mawkin of Flow, ii. 21. The little well-strand that trickled into the burn at our feet.]
