weld 1  (w ĕld)
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v. weld·ed, weld·ing, welds v.tr.1. To join (metals) by applying heat, sometimes with pressure and sometimes with an intermediate or filler metal having a high melting point. 2. To bring into close association or union. v.intr. To be capable of being welded. n.1. The union of two metal parts by welding. 2. The joint formed by welding.
[Alteration (probably influenced by welled, past participle of WELL1) of WELL1, to weld (obsolete and dialectal).] |
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weld 2  (w ĕld) also wold (w ōld)
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n.2. The yellow dye obtained from dyer's rocket.
[Middle English welde.] |
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Weld  (w ĕld), Theodore Dwight 1803-1895.
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American abolitionist whose pamphlet American Slavery As It Is (1839) inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
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