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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A herb (''Reseda luteola'') related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad.
  • The joint made by welding.
  • The state of being welded. Not sure this is real, but was in MW 1913; couldn't find a cite for "in weld" on b.g.c. through 1913
  • The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

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Proper noun:

  • from=Old English|dot= possibly deriving from the ang word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.

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Verb:

  • transitive obsolete To wield.
  • transitive To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
  • transitive To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

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