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Weld

Weld Meaning & Definition
Weld Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Weld?

[n] a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
[n] United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
[n] European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
[v] unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him"
[v] join together by heating, as of metals

Synonyms | Synonyms for Weld: dyer's mignonette | dyer's rocket | Reseda luteola | Theodore Dwight Weld

Related Terms | Find terms related to Weld:

See Also | abolitionist | blend | coalesce | combine | commingle | conflate | conjoin | emancipationist | flux | fuse | genus Reseda | immix | join | joint | meld | merge | merge | mix | reseda | spotweld | unify | unite

Weld In Webster's Dictionary

\Weld\, v. t. To wield. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\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.
\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.
\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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