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meld

US/mɛld/ rare
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank

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1.

announce for a score; of cards in a card game

2.

lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

  • “Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene”
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Origin

The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch melden * Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))

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