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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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WELD, WOLD, n. A plant of the genus Reseda, used by dyers to give a yellow color, and sometimes called dyers weed. It is much cultivated in Kent for the London dyers.
To wield.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. 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.] Coloring matter or dye extracted from this
plant.
To press or beat into intimate and permanent
union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.
* Very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are capable of being welded. Horn and tortoise shell possess this useful property. Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.
Two women faster welded in one love. Tennyson. 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. | ||||||||