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English Dictionary: wold by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wold
n
  1. a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weld \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wold \Wold\, n.
      See {Weld}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wold \Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood,
      forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel.
      v[94]llr, a field, and probably to Gr. [?] a grove, Skr.
      v[be][?]a a garden, inclosure. Cf. {Weald}.]
      1. A wood; a forest.
  
      2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether
            hilly or not.
  
                     And from his further bank [92]tolia's wolds espied.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly
                     round the open wold.                           --Tennyson.
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