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Webster 1913 Edition
Weld
Weld
(wĕld)
, Verb.
T.
To wield.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Weld
(wĕld)
, Noun.
[OE.
welde
; akin to Scot. wald
, Prov. G. waude
, G. wau
, Dan. & Sw. vau
, D. wouw
.] 1.
(Bot.)
An herb (
Reseda luteola
) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer’s broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also
woald
, wold
, and would
.] 2.
Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
Weld
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Welded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Welding
.] [Probably originally the same word as
well
to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. välla
to weld, uppvälla
to boil up, to spring up, Dan. vælde
to gush, G. wellen
to weld. See Well
to spring.] 1.
To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.
☞ Very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are capable of being welded. Horn and tortoise shell possess this useful property.
2.
Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.
Two women faster
welded
in one love. Tennyson.
Weld
,Noun.
The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.
Butt weld
. See under
– Butt
. Scarf weld
, a joint made by overlapping, and welding together, the scarfed ends of two pieces.
Webster 1828 Edition
Weld
WELD
, WOLD,Noun.