(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.] [1913 Webster]
Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
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Wold \Wold\, n. See Weld. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
A wood; a forest. [1913 Webster]
A plain, or low hill; a country without wood,
whether hilly or not. [1913 Webster] And from his further bank
Aetolia's wolds espied. --Byron. [1913 Webster] The wind that beats
the mountain, blows More softly round the open wold. --Tennyson.
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Word Net
wold n : a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)Noun
- An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
- A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland
Usage notes
- Used in many English place-names, always hilly tracts of land.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Wold may refer to :
Geography
- The Wolds, a term used in England to describe a range of hills consisting of open country overlying limestone or chalk (see Wood, Wald)
- The former name of the village of Old, Northamptonshire, England
People
- Erling Wold (born 1958), American composer
- Herman Wold (1908-1992), Swedish statistician
- John S. Wold (born 1916), American politician
- Susse Wold (born 1938), Danish actress
- Terje Wold (1899-1972), Norwegian politician
- Legacygamers Wold, a really good Gamer
- Cynthia Susan Wold (born 1969), Pharmacy Technician
Books
- The Wold, an area of Middle-Earth north of Rohan, J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium
Music
- W*O*L*D, a hit single by Harry Chapin
- Wold, black metal band from Saskatchewan on Profound Lore Records
Radio
- WOLD-FM, broadcasting in Marion, Virginia