Weld (?), v. t.
To wield.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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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.
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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. valla to weld, uppvalla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. vaelde 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.
⇒ 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.
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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.
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