1. [n]  a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
2. [n]  United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
3. [n]  European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
4. [v]  unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him"
5. [v]  join together by heating, as of metals

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

2. \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.
   

3. \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.
   

4. \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.