Defn: 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.
WELD STEEL
Weld steel.
Defn: A compound of iron, such as puddled steel, made without complete fusion.
WELE
Wele, n. Etym: [See Weal prosperity.]
Defn: Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WELEFUL
Wele"ful, a.
Defn: Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WELEW
We"lew, v. t.
Defn: To welk, or wither. [Obs.]
WELFARE
Wel"fare`, n. Etym: [Well + fare to go, to proceed, to happen.]