(of carpeting) That covers all of the floor of a room. / (informal) Pervasive, ubiquitous, or unremitting. / (informal, of a space) Full, crowded.

(chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.

(US) Pronunciation spelling of well.

(nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. / A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

To boil. / To well, as water; spring.

(transitive, nautical) To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

To enclose by surrounding with walls.

present participle of wall