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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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