Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Weld"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Weld \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Weld \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Weld \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

weld
n 1: European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye;
naturalized in North America [syn: {dyer's rocket}, {dyer's
mignonette}, {Reseda luteola}]
2: United States abolitionist (1803-1895) [syn: {Weld}, {Theodore
Dwight Weld}]
3: a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or
hammering together
v 1: join together by heating, as of metals
2: unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to
him"


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