That wishes well to others, benevolent; † loyal. Also transf.
1597. C. Middleton, Chinon of Engl., iii. (1925), 20. Flying with the fauorable fortune of well wishing windes.
1623. T. Scot (title), An experimentall Discoverie of Spanish Practises or the Covnsell of a well-wishing Souldier.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 279. Thy candid well-wishing eye.
1842. Lover, Handy Andy, xvii. And glass after glass they did drink in all sorts and shapes of well-wishing toasts.
1896. Black, Briseis, xviii. 229. Marked by a perfect self-possession—a self-possession sweet and serene and well-wishing.
