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weld

UK/wɛld/ US/ˈwɛld/ uncommon obsolete
verb (2) noun (3)

verb

1.

join together by heating

  • “weld metal”
2.

unite closely or intimately

  • “Her gratitude welded her to him”

noun

1.
2.

United States abolitionist (1803-1895)

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3.

a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together

Origin

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.

Phrases

  • arc weld
  • cold weld
  • fillet weld
  • spot weld
  • stick weld
  • tack weld
  • weld steel
  • weld together

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