WELDING

welding

(noun) fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

welding

present participle of weld

Noun

welding (plural weldings)

The action or process of welding.

Anagrams

• lewding

Source: Wiktionary


WELD

Weld, v. t.

Definition: To wield. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Weld, n. Etym: [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Weld, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Welded; p. pr. & vb. n. Welding.] Etym: [Probably originally the same word as well to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. välla to weld, uppvälla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. vælde 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.

Weld, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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