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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WELD, WOLD, n. A plant of the genus Reseda, used by dyers to give a yellow color, and sometimes called dyers weed. It is much cultivated in Kent for the London dyers.
WELD, v.t. To wield.
WELD, v.t. [G., to join.] To unite or hammer into firm union, as two pieces of iron, when heated almost to fusion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America [syn: dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette, weld, Reseda luteola]
2: United States abolitionist (1803-1895) [syn: Weld, Theodore Dwight Weld]
3: a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together v
1: join together by heating; "weld metal"
2: unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: alteration of obsolete English well to weld, from Middle English wellen to boil, well, weld — more at well Date: 1599 intransitive verb to become or be capable of being welded transitive verb 1. a. to unite (metallic parts) by heating and allowing the metals to flow together or by hammering or compressing with or without previous heating b. to unite (plastics) in a similar manner by heating c. to repair (as an article) by this method d. to produce or create as if by such a process 2. to unite or reunite closely or intimately <architecture that welds the past and the present> • weldable adjective II. noun Date: 1831 1. a welded joint 2. union by welding ; the state or condition of being welded

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a hammer or press (pieces of iron or other metal usu. heated but not melted) into one piece. b join by fusion with an electric arc etc. c form by welding into some article. 2 fashion (arguments, members of a group, etc.) into an effectual or homogeneous whole. --n. a welded joint. Derivatives: weldable adj. weldability n. welder n. Etymology: alt. of WELL(2) v. in obs. sense 'melt or weld (heated metal)', prob. infl. by past part. 2. n. 1 a plant, Reseda luteola, yielding a yellow dye. 2 hist. this dye. Etymology: ME f. OE w(e)alde (unrecorded): cf. MDu. woude, MLG walde

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Weld Weld, n. 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's 1913 Dictionary

Weld Weld, v. t. To wield. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Weld Weld, n. [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Weld Weld, v. 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. v["a]lla to weld, uppv["a]lla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. v[ae]lde 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. Note: 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(welds, welding, welded) To weld one piece of metal to another means to join them by heating the edges and putting them together so that they cool and harden into one piece. It's possible to weld stainless steel to ordinary steel... They will also be used on factory floors to weld things together... Where did you learn to weld? VERB: V n to n, V n with together, V, also V n • welding All the welding had been done from inside the car... ...welding equipment.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Written also Wold, Woad, Woald, and Would.] Dyer's weed (Reseda luteola).

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