What is "weld"

Weld \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.

Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), v. t. To wield. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), 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.

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. 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.

"joint formed by welding," 1831, from weld (v.).

1590s, "unite or consolidate by hammering or compression, often after softening by heating," alteration of well (v.) "to boil, rise;" influenced by past participle form welled. Related: Welded; welding.

plant (Resedo luteola) producing yellow dye, late 14c., from Old English *wealde, perhaps a variant of Old English wald "forest" (see wold). Spanish gualda, French gaude are Germanic loan-words.

Etymology 1 alt. 1 A herb ((taxlink Reseda luteola species noshow=1)) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye. 2 The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. n. 1 A herb ((taxlink Reseda luteola species noshow=1)) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye. 2 The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. Etymology 2

n. 1 The state of being welded. (rfex: Not sure this is real, but was in MW 1913; couldn't find a cite for "in weld" on b.g.c. through 1913) 2 The joint made by welding. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately. 2 (context transitive English) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination. Etymology 3

vb. (context transitive obsolete English) To wield.

1. n. 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

4. v. join together by heating; "weld metal"

5. unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him"

Weld may refer to:

• Welding, a metalworking technique
• Weld (name), and persons with the name
• Weld, Maine, United States
• Weld County, Colorado, United States
• Weld (album), a 1991 album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• Reseda luteola, a plant that produces an intense yellow dye
• Weld Forest, an old-growth forest in Tasmania, Australia

Weld is a live album and concert video by Neil Young & Crazy Horse released in 1991, comprising performances recorded on the tour to promote the Ragged Glory album. It was initially released as a limited edition three-disc set entitled Arc-Weld, with the Arc portion being a single disc consisting in its entirety of a sound collage of guitar noise and feedback. Arc has since been released as a separate title.

Weld consists of rock and roll songs by Young and Crazy Horse, duplicating seven that had appeared on either Rust Never Sleeps or Live Rust from twelve years earlier. It also echoes those albums as Young, in both cases having spent most of a previous decade pursuing different musical avenues, returned to straightforward rock and roll via the acclaimed Ragged Glory album with Crazy Horse, then celebrating that return with an accompanying multi-disc live document and concert film. An interesting cut on this album is Young's "Gulf War" version of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind", which had air raid sound effects.

Weld was recorded by David Hewitt on Remote Recording Services' Silver Truck.

Neil Young claims that, while mixing this album, he permanently damaged his hearing.

There was a brief release of the concert featuring video footage on VHS, but there was no DVD release. The VHS tape is now an out-of-print collector's item. The mix on the video is by longtime Young collaborator David Briggs and is considered by some fans to be a harder-edged, superior mix, according to the book "Shakey."

WELD is an Oldies and Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Fisher, West Virginia, serving the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. WELD is owned and operated by Thunder Associates, LLC.

WELD may refer to:

• WELD (AM), a radio station broadcasting at 690 kHz on the AM band, licensed to Fisher, West Virginia
• WELD-FM, a radio station broadcasting at 101.7 MHz on the FM band, licensed to Moorefield, West Virginia