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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.
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.

Definition 2024


Weld

Weld

See also: weld and Wëld

English

Proper noun

Weld

  1. A surname possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.

Anagrams

weld

weld

See also: Weld and Wëld

English

Reseda luteola
A person welding

Alternative forms

Noun

weld (plural welds)

  1. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
  2. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

Synonyms

Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of well (boil, rise), probably influenced by the past participle, welled

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

  1. (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
    • 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess
      Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock.
  2. (transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
Translations

Noun

weld (plural welds)

  1. The state of being welded.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. The joint made by welding.
Derived terms
  • butt weld
  • scarf weld

See also

Etymology 3

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
    • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 168 line 2 (Sommer edition)
      [Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ſorte lyf & ſameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life and shameful death")
    • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 172 line 2 (Sommer edition)
      [Arthur says to conquering knights] "ye be wothy to welde all your honour and worship"

References

  • weld in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams


Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • well (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German wildi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋelt/

Adjective

weld (masculine welde or welle, feminine weld or well, comparative welder or weller, superlative et weldste)

  1. (chiefly Ripuarian) wild

Usage notes

  • The traditional inflected forms are those with -ll- in all dialects. Those with -ld- are now predominant, however, in many dialects under standard German influence.

Welsh

Verb

weld

  1. Soft mutation of gweld (to see).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gweld weld ngweld unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.