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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
welding
n : fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with
heat and applying pressure
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