From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov.
G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.]
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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}.]
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2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wold \Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood,
forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel.
v["o]llr, a field, and probably to Gr. ? a grove, Skr.
v[=a]?a a garden, inclosure. Cf. {Weald}.]
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1. A wood; a forest.
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2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether
hilly or not.
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And from his further bank Aetolia's wolds espied.
--Byron.
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The wind that beats the mountain, blows
More softly round the open wold. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wold \Wold\, n.
See {Weld}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wold
n 1: a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
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