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butt weld

–noun
a weld between two pieces of metal butted together with the abutted ends shortened and thickened and fused together under heat.

Origin:
1860–65
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butt-weld   (bŭt'wěld')
tr.v.   butt-weld·ed, butt-weld·ing, butt-welds
To join by a butt weld.
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