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weld

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weld  \Weld\,  n. 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weld  \Weld\,  v.  t. 
  To  wield.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  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]: 
 
  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]: 
 
  weld 
  n  1:  European  mignonette  cultivated  as  a  source  of  yellow  dye; 
  naturalized  in  North  America  [syn:  {dyer's  rocket},  {dyer's 
  mignonette},  {Reseda  luteola}] 
  2:  a  metal  joint  formed  by  softening  with  heat  and  fusing  or 
  hammering  together 
  v  1:  join  together  by  heating,  as  of  metals 
  2:  unite  closely  or  intimately;  "Her  gratitude  welded  her  to 
  him" 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Weld,  ME 
  Zip  code(s):  04285




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