[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

weld \weld\, n.
   the state of being welded; the joint made by welding.
   1913 webster

   butt weld. see under butt.

   scarf weld, a joint made by overlapping, and welding
      together, the scarfed ends of two pieces.
      1913 webster
see also:
butt weld butt scarf weld 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

weld \weld\ we^ld, v. t.
   to wield. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

weld \weld\ we^ld, n. oe. welde; akin to scot. wald, prov.
   g. waude, g. wau, dan.  sw. vau, d. wouw.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

   2. coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
      1913 webster
see also:
reseda luteola woald wold would 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   vaumlla to weld, uppvaumlla to boil up, to spring up,
   dan. vaelde to gush, g. wellen to weld. see well to
   spring.
   1913 webster
   1. to press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two
      pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.
      1913 webster

   note: very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are
         capable of being welded. horn and tortoise shell
         possess this useful property.
         1913 webster

   2. fig.: to unite closely or intimately.
      1913 webster

            two women faster welded in one love.  --tennyson.
      1913 webster
see also:
welded welding well 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: theodore
        dwight weld
     3: a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or
        hammering together
     v 1: join together by heating; "weld metal"
     2: unite closely or intimately; "her gratitude welded her to
        him"
see also:
dyer's rocket dyer's mignonette reseda luteola theodore dwight weld 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

138 moby thesaurus words for "weld":
   accouple, accumulate, agglutinate, amass, ankle, articulate,
   articulation, assemble, associate, band, bind, blaze, blister,
   bond, boundary, bracket, brand, braze, bridge, bridge over, burn,
   burn in, burn off, butt, carve, cast, cauterize, cement, cervix,
   chain, char, chase, chisel, clap together, clinch, closure, coal,
   collect, combine, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin,
   conjugate, connect, connecting link, connecting rod, connection,
   copulate, couple, coupling, cover, crack, cupel, cut, dovetail,
   elbow, embrace, encompass, engrave, flame, found, fuse, gather,
   gliding joint, glue, grave, gum, hinge, hinged joint, hip, include,
   insculpture, interface, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knot,
   knuckle, lay together, league, link, lump together, marry, marshal,
   mass, merge, miter, mobilize, model, mold, mortise, neck, oxidate,
   oxidize, pair, parch, paste, piece together, pivot, pivot joint,
   put together, pyrolyze, rabbet, roll into one, scarf, scorch,
   sculp, sculpt, sculpture, seam, sear, shoulder, singe, solder,
   span, splice, stick together, stitch, suture, swinge, symphysis,
   take in, tape, tie, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, torrefy, unify,
   union, unite, vesicate, vulcanize, wrist, yoke

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

weld, me
  zip codes: 04285

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

weld -- u.s. county in colorado
   population 2000:    180936
   housing units 2000: 66194
   land area 2000:     3992.446945 sq. miles 10340.389679 sq. km
   water area 2000:    29.110201 sq. miles 75.395072 sq. km
   total area 2000:    4021.557146 sq. miles 10415.784751 sq. km
   located within:       colorado co, fips 08
   location:             40.346681 n, 104.728213 w
   headwords:
    weld
    weld, co
    weld county
    weld county, co

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