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   Weld (wĕld), 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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   Wold (?), n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. völlr, a field, and probably to Gr.  a grove, Skr. vāa 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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   Wold, n. See Weld.
   
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