weld
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Verb (2)welded, welding
Noun (3)
- United States abolitionist (1803-1895)Synonyms: Theodore Dwight WeldInstance of abolitionist, emancipationist
- European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North AmericaSynonyms: dyer's rocketdyer's mignonetteReseda luteolaType of resedaMember of genus Reseda
- a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering togetherType of jointKinds spot weld, spot-weld
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
To wield. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
Origin: OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.
1. Botany 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.
Origin: Probably originally the same word as well to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. välla to weld, uppvälla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. vælde 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.— Alfred Tennyson
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54