Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 18
Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Weft (n.) A web; a thing woven.
Weftage (n.) Texture.
Wegotism (n.) Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.
Wehrgeld (n.) Alt. of Wehrgelt
Wehrgelt (n.) See Weregild.
Wehrwolf (n.) See Werewolf.
Weigela (n.) Alt. of Weigelia.
Weigelia (n.) (Bot.) A hardy garden shrub ({Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.
Weighed (imp. & p. p.) of Weigh.
Weighing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weigh.
Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.
Weigh (v. t.) To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. -- Dan. v. 27.
Weigh (v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces." -- Boyle.
Weigh (v. t.) To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. -- Zech. xi. 12.
Weigh (v. t.) To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.
A young man not weighed in state affairs. -- Bacon.
Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own. -- Milton.
Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. -- Hooker.
In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. -- Pope.
Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. -- Sir W. Scott.
Weigh (v. t.) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or Archaic] "I weigh not you." -- Shak.
All that she so dear did weigh. -- Spenser.
To weigh down. (a) To overbalance.
To weigh down. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. "To weigh thy spirits down." -- Milton.
Weigh (n.) (Naut.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
An expedition was got under weigh from New York. -- Thackeray.
The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh. -- Jowett (Thucyd.).
Weigh (v. i.) To have weight; to be heavy. "They only weigh the heavier." -- Cowper.
Weigh (v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. -- Shak.
This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. -- Locke.
Weigh (v. i.) To bear heavily; to press hard.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. -- Shak.
Weigh (v. i.) To judge; to estimate. [R.]
Could not weigh of worthiness aright. -- Spenser.
To weigh down, To sink by its own weight.
Weigh (n.) A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.
Weigh (v.) Have a certain weight.
Weigh (v.) Show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh].
Weigh (v.) Determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" [syn: weigh, librate].
Weigh (v.) Have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh].
Weigh (v.) To be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press].
Weighable (a.) Capable of being weighed.
Weighage (n.) A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise. -- Bouvier.
Weighage, () mer. law. In the English law it is a duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise; it is called tronage, (q.v.) for weighing wool at the king's beam, or pesage, for weighing other avoirdupois goods. 2 Chit. Com: Law, 16.
Weighbeam (n.) A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.
Weighboard (n.) (Mining) Clay intersecting a vein. -- Weale.
Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Weighbridge (n.) Platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc.
Weigher (n.) One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.
Weigher (n.) An official who weighs and records the weight.
Weigh-houses (n. pl. ) of Weigh-house.
Weigh-house (n.) A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.
Weigh in (- phrasal verb with weigh) (v.) (Sport) （尤指拳擊或賽馬比賽之前）量體重 To be officially weighed before competing in a sport, especially boxing or horse racing.
// Tyson weighed in at 245 lb for the fight.
Weigh in (- phrasal verb with weigh) (v.) (Discussion) (Informal) 積極參與（辯論或討論） To become involved in an argument or discussion in a forceful way.
// Several leading architects weighed in with criticisms regarding the design of the new museum.
Weighing () a. & n. from Weigh, v.
Weighing cage, A cage in which small living animals may be conveniently weighed.
Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
Weighing machine, Any large machine or apparatus for weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
Weighing (n.) Careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them" [syn: deliberation, weighing, advisement].
Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
Weighmaster (n.) One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
Weight, (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Weighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Weighting.] To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense. -- Coleridge.
Weight, (v. t.) (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
Weight, (v. t.) (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.
Weight, (v. t.) (Math.) To assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2.
Weight (n.) The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
Note: Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all the forces exerted by gravity upon the different particles of the body, it is proportional to the quantity of matter in the body.
Weight (n.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.
For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes. -- Shak.
Weight (n.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. "The weight of this said time." -- Shak.
For the public all this weight he bears. -- Milton.
[He] who singly bore the world's sad weight. -- Keble.
Weight (n.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
In such a point of weight, so near mine honor. -- Shak.
Weight (n.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
Weight (n.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
A man leapeth better with weights in his hands. -- Bacon.
Weight (n.) A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.
Weight (n.) (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. [Obs.]
Atomic weight. (Chem.) See under Atomic, and cf. Element.
Dead weight, Feather weight, Heavy weight, Light weight, etc. See under Dead, Feather, etc.
Weight of observation (Astron. & Physics), A number expressing the most probable relative value of each observation in determining the result of a series of observations of the same kind.
Syn. -- Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden; load; importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness.
Weight (n.) The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity.
Weight (n.) Sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms [syn: weight, free weight, exercising weight].
Weight (n.) The relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" [syn: weight, weightiness].
Weight (n.) An artifact that is heavy.
Weight (n.) An oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility."
Weight (n.) A system of units used to express the weight of something [syn: system of weights, weight].
Weight (n.) A unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" [syn: weight unit, weight].
Weight (n.) (Statistics) A coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance [syn: weight, weighting].
Weight (v.) Weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden].
Weight (v.) Present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight].
Weight. () A quality in natural bodies, by which they tend towards the centre of the earth.
Weight. () Under the article Measure, (q.v.) it is said that by the constitution congress possesses the power "to fix the standard of weights and measures," and that this power has not been exercised.
Weight. () The weights now generally used in the United States, are the same as those of England; they are of two kinds:
Avoirdupois weight (n.) 常衡制是英制中的一種質量單位系統，採用「1磅 = 16盎司」的進位方式，主要用於衡量日常物品，例如食品、體重和包裹等，是英語地區最普遍使用的重量制度。 與公制只有一套統一的重量系統不同，由於歷史原因英制實際上包含數套彼此獨立、不互通的重量單位系統。 Is a traditional system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces, used in the British Imperial and United States Customary systems. The name, derived from the French for "goods of weight," is used for most everyday items except for precious metals (troy weight) and pharmaceutical goods (apothecaries' weight). In 1959, the avoirdupois pound was defined internationally as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.
Key facts about Avoirdupois weight.
Units: Avoirdupois units include the grain, dram, ounce, and pound.
Pound: One avoirdupois pound contains 16 ounces or 7,000 grains.
Ounce: One avoirdupois ounce contains 437.5 grains.
Usage: The system is used for general weighing purposes, such as body weight, and is common in the United States, the UK, and other former British colonies, although many countries have officially adopted the metric system.
Metric equivalent: One avoirdupois pound is equal to approximately 0.45359237 kilograms.
Origin: The name comes from the Old French avoir de pois, meaning "goods of weight."
Weight. () These are the denominations of troy weight, when used for weighing gold, silver and precious stones, except diamonds. Troy weight is also used by apothecaries in compounding medicines; and by them the ounce is divided into eight drams, and the drain into three scruples, so that the latter is equal to twenty grains. For scientific purposes, the grain only is used, and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one-hundredth of a grain. The caret, used for weighing diamonds, is three and one-sixth grains.
Weight. () A short account of the French weights and measures is given under the article Measure.
Weight, (v. t.) (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.
Weightily (adv.) In a weighty manner.
Weightily (adv.) In a serious manner; "the speech was weighty and it was weightily delivered."
Weightily (adv.) As something very heavy; "she moved weightily."
Weightiness (n.) The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
Weightiness (n.) The relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" [syn: weight, weightiness].
Weightiness (n.) The property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead" [syn: heaviness, weightiness] [ant: lightness, weightlessness].
Weightless (a.) Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. -- Shak.
Weightless (a.) Having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric" [ant: weighty].
Weightlessness (n.) [ U ] 失重 The state of having or appearing to have no weight; the fact of not being affected by gravity (= the force that makes things fall to the ground).
// The animals will be used to study the effects of weightlessness on the brain and nervous system.
// After nearly five months of weightlessness, the first tenants of the international space station said they are eager to return to Earth.
Weightlessness (n.) The property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood" [syn: lightness, weightlessness] [ant: heaviness, weightiness].
Weighty (a.) 重的，沉重的；繁重的，累人的；重大的，重要的 Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
Weighty (a.) Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. "For sundry weighty reasons." -- Shak.
Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. -- Swift.
Weighty (a.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [R.] "Attend our weightier judgment." -- Shak.
Syn: Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent.
Weighty (a.) Having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package" [ant: {weightless}].
Weighty (a.) Powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: {cogent}, {telling}, {weighty}].
Weighty (a.) Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {heavy}, {weighty}].
Weighty (a.) Weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems."
Weighty (a.) Excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: {corpulent}, {obese}, {weighty}, {rotund}].
Weir (n.) Alt. of Wear.
Compare: Wear
Wear (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.
Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
Wear (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
Weir (n.) A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow.
Weir (n.) A fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish.
Weir, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 780
Housing Units (2000): 352
Land area (2000): 1.046565 sq. miles (2.710591 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.046565 sq. miles (2.710591 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76350
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.308768 N, 94.774289 W
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Weir
Weir, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 591
Housing Units (2000): 229
Land area (2000): 1.593171 sq. miles (4.126293 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.593171 sq. miles (4.126293 sq. km)
FIPS code: 77056
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.675007 N, 97.587862 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Weir
Weir, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 553
Housing Units (2000): 234
Land area (2000): 1.050416 sq. miles (2.720566 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011427 sq. miles (0.029595 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.061843 sq. miles (2.750161 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78520
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 33.263423 N, 89.289439 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 39772
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Headwords:
Weir, MS
Weir
Weird (v. t.) To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Weird (n.) Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]
Weird (n.) A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Weird (a.) Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
Weird (a.) Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
Myself too had weird seizures. -- Tennyson.
Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. -- Longfellow.
Weird sisters, The Fates. [Scot.] -- G. Douglas.
Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.
The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land. -- Shak.
Weird (a.) Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures" -- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley [syn: eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly].
Weird (a.) Strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow" -- Bram Stoker
Weird (n.) Fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd, Weird].
Weird (n.) Fate, destiny; especially : ill fortune.
Weird (n.) Soothsayer.
Weird (a.) Unusual or strange.
Weird (a.) Of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the supernatural : magical.
Weird (a.) Of strange or extraordinary character : odd, fantastic.
Weirdly (adv.) of Weird.
Weirdly (adv.) In a weird manner; "she was dressed weirdly."
Weirdness (n.) of Weird.
Weirdness (n.) The quality or state of being weird.
Weirdness (n.) Strikingly out of the ordinary [syn: outlandishness, bizarreness, weirdness].
Compare: Wegotism
Wegotism (n.) Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism. [Colloq. or Cant] Wehrgeld
Weism (n.) Same as Wegotism.
Weive (v. t.) See Waive. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Weka (n.) (Zool.) A New Zealand rail ({Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.
Weka (n.) Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting [syn: weka, maori hen, wood hen].
Wekau (n.) (Zool.) A small New Zealand owl ({Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.
Wekeen (n.) (Zool.) The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Welaway (interj.) Alas! [Obs.]
Then welaway, for she undone was clean. -- Wyatt.
Wel-begone (a.) Surrounded with happiness or prosperity. [Obs.]
Fair and rich and young and wel-begone. -- Chaucer.
Welch (a.) See Welsh. [R.]
Compare: Welsh
Welsh (a.) Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimes written also Welch.]
Welsh flannel, A fine kind of flannel made from the fleece of the flocks of the Welsh mountains, and largely manufactured by hand.
Welsh glaive, or Welsh hook, A weapon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleax. -- Fairholt. -- Craig.
Welsh mortgage (O. Eng. Law), A species of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the mean time shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest. -- Burrill.
Welsh mutton, A choice and delicate kind of mutton obtained from a breed of small sheep in Wales.
Welsh onion (Bot.), A kind of onion ({Allium fistulosum"> Welsh onion (Bot.), A kind of onion ({Allium fistulosum) having hollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any bulb, a native of Siberia. It is said to have been introduced from Germany, and is supposed to have derived its name from the German term w[aum]lsch foreign.
Welsh parsley, Hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. & Jocular] -- J. Fletcher.
Welsh rabbit. See under Rabbit.
Welch (v.) Cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt [syn: welsh, welch].
Welch, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 597
Housing Units (2000): 295
Land area (2000): 0.456193 sq. miles (1.181534 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.456193 sq. miles (1.181534 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79750
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.874605 N, 95.093805 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74369
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Welch
Welch, WV -- U.S. city in West Virginia
Population (2000): 2683
Housing Units (2000): 1453
Land area (2000): 3.267571 sq. miles (8.462969 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.267571 sq. miles (8.462969 sq. km)
FIPS code: 85228
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.437323 N, 81.579002 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 24801
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Headwords:
Welch, WV
Welch
Compare: Welsher
Welsher (n.) One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also welcher.] [Slang, Eng.]
Welcher (n.) See Welsher.
Welcher (n.) Someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager [syn: welcher, welsher].
Welchman (n.) See Welshman. [R.]
Welcomed (imp. & p. p.) of Welcome.
Welcoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welcome.
Welcome (v. t.) To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea. "I welcome you to land." -- Addison.
Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. -- Milton.
Welcome (a.) Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.
When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest. -- Cowper.
Welcome (a.) Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news. "O, welcome hour!" -- Milton.
Welcome (a.) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.
Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome. "Welcome, great monarch, to your own." -- Dryden.
Welcome to our house (Bot.), A kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Cyparissias). -- Dr. Prior.
Welcome (n.) Salutation to a newcomer. "Welcome ever smiles." -- Shak.
Welcome (n.) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome.
His warmest welcome at an inn. -- Shenstone.
Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too. -- South.
To bid welcome, To receive with professions of kindness.
To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. -- Shak.
Welcome (a.) Giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted; "a welcome relief"; "a welcome guest"; "made the children feel welcome"; "you are welcome to join us" [ant: unwelcome].
Welcome (n.) The state of being welcome; "don't outstay your welcome."
Welcome (n.) A greeting or reception; "the proposal got a warm welcome."
Welcome (v.) Accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals."
Welcome (v.) Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: welcome, receive] [ant: say farewell].
Welcome (v.) Receive someone, as into one's house.
Welcome, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
Population (2000): 3538
Housing Units (2000): 1514
Land area (2000): 9.348916 sq. miles (24.213580 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.348916 sq. miles (24.213580 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71760
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.904822 N, 80.252481 W
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Welcome
Welcome, SC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in South Carolina
Population (2000): 6390
Housing Units (2000): 2947
Land area (2000): 4.614729 sq. miles (11.952092 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.614729 sq. miles (11.952092 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75535
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.822089 N, 82.448455 W
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Welcome
Welcome, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 721
Housing Units (2000): 347
Land area (2000): 0.909949 sq. miles (2.356756 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.909949 sq. miles (2.356756 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69070
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.667335 N, 94.618756 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56181
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Headwords:
Welcome, MN
Welcome
Welcomely (adv.) In a welcome manner.
Welcomeness (n.) The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.
Welcomer (n.) One who welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, a newcomer. --Shak.
Welcomer (n.) A person who greets; "the newcomers were met by smiling greeters" [syn: greeter, saluter, welcomer].
Weld (n.) 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.
Weld (v. t.) To wield. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Weld (n.) (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.]
Weld (n.) Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
Welded (imp. & p. p.) of Weld.
Welding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weld.
Weld (v. t.) 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.
Weld (v. t.) Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.
Two women faster welded in one love. -- Tennyson.
Weld (n.) European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America [syn: dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette, weld, Reseda luteola].
Weld (n.) United States abolitionist (1803-1895) [syn: Weld, Theodore Dwight Weld].
Weld (n.) A metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together.
Weld (v.) Join together by heating; "weld metal."
Weld (v.) Unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him."
Weld -- U.S. County in Colorado
Population (2000): 180936
Housing Units (2000): 66194
Land area (2000): 3992.446945 sq. miles (10340.389679 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 29.110201 sq. miles (75.395072 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4021.557146 sq. miles (10415.784751 sq. km)
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.346681 N, 104.728213 W
Headwords:
Weld
Weld, CO
Weld County
Weld County, CO
Weldable (a.) Capable of being welded.
Welder (n.) One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.
Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields. [Obs.]
Welder (n.) A manager; an actual occupant. [Ireland. Obs.] "The welder . . . who . . . lives miserably." -- Swift.
Welder (n.) Joins pieces of metal by welding them together.
Weldon's process () (Chem.) A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after the inventor.
Wele (n.) Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Weleful (a.) Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Welew (v. t.) To welk, or wither. [Obs.]
Welfare (n.) [U] 福利；幸福；健康安樂；救濟事業；福利事業；【美】社會救濟（制度） Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.
How to study for the people's welfare. -- Shak.
In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come. -- Emerson.
Welfare (n.) Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; "she lives on welfare" [syn: social welfare, welfare, public assistance].
Welfare (n.) Something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the benefit of all" [syn: benefit, welfare].
Welfare (n.) A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles" [syn: wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia] [ant: ill-being].
Welfare (n.) The state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity.
// Must look out for your own welfare.
Welfare (n.) Aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need.
Welfare (n.) A n agency or program through which such aid is distributed.
Welfare (a.) [Z] [B] 福利的；福利事業的；接受社會救濟的 Of, relating to, or concerned with welfare and especially with improvement of the welfare of disadvantaged social groups.
// Welfare legislation.
Welfare (a.) R eceiving public welfare benefits.
// Welfare families.