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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.