Welding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Welding	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Welding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
welding n fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[84]lla to weld, uppv[84]lla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. v[91]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.