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Pronunciation : Weld
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To wield. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Weld
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Weld
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Probably originally the same word as well to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. v?lla to weld, uppv?lla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. v?lde to gush, G. wellen to weld. See Well to spring.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Welded; p. pr. & vb. n. Welding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Weld
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913