ppl. a. Showing a satisfactory growth or development.
1597. Markham, Devoreux, 20 b. As … well-growne Cedars [exceed] marish-shaken Reeds.
c. 1611. Chapman, Iliad, III. 219. A well growne Bel-weather.
1628. Ford, Lover’s Mel., III. ii. Twines of Iuie round The well growne Oake.
1765. Museum Rust., IV. 213. Especially if his pasture be not large and well grown.
1801. Farmer’s Mag., Aug., 359. The last Winter and Spring have been remarkably mild; and well-grown fleeces, and great crops of lambs are the consequence.
1842. Loudon, Suburban Hort., 446. The leaves of any well-grown pine plant cannot be tied up without injuring them.
1881. J. M. Fothergill, Food we eat, 116. A well-grown, yet growing girl.
1907. J. H. Patterson, Man-Eaters of Tsavo, xvii. 189. The second rhino proved to be a well-grown youngster.
b. Ship-building. (See quot.)
1805. [D. Steel], Shipwright’s Vade-M., 141. Well-grown. This term implies that the grain of the wood follows the shape required, as in knee timber, &c.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.
