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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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