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wold


  4  definitions  found 
 
  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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