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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wold \Wold\, n.
See {Weld}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wold \Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS weald, wald, a wood,
forest; akin to OFries & OS wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel.
v["o]llr, a field, and probably to Gr ? a grove, Skr.
v[=a]?a a garden, inclosure. Cf {Weald}.]
1. A wood; a forest.
2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether
hilly or not
And from his further bank [AE]tolia's wolds espied.
--Byron.
The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly
round the open wold. --Tennyson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wold
n : a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
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