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meld

1  [meld] Cards.
Use meld in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to announce and display (a counting combination of cards in the hand) for a score.
–noun
2. the act of melding.
3. any combination of cards to be melded.
Origin:
1895–1900; < G melden to announce; akin to ME melden, OE meldian to make known

meld

2  [meld]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to merge; blend.
–noun
2. a blend.
Origin:
1935–40; b. melt 1 and weld

Synonyms:
1. mix, fuse, combine, consolidate.
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meld 1   (měld)   
v.   meld·ed, meld·ing, melds

v.   tr.
To declare or display (a card or combination of cards in a hand) for inclusion in one's score in various card games, such as pinochle.
v.   intr.
To present a meld.
n.  A combination of cards to be declared for a score.

[Probably German melden, to announce, from Middle High German, from Old High German meldōn.]
meld 2   (měld)   
v.   meld·ed, meld·ing, melds

v.   tr.
To cause to merge: "a professional position that seemed to meld all his training" (Art Jahnke).
v.   intr.
To become merged.
n.  A blend or merger: "a meld of diverse ethnic stocks" (Kenneth L. Woodward).

[Perhaps blend of melt and weld1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

meld 
1939, probably verb use of melled "mingled, blended," pp. of dial. mell "to mingle, blend," from M.E. mellen, from O.Fr. melder, var. of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Original reference is to whiskey-making.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

MELD
A concurrent, object-oriented, dataflow, modular and fault-tolerant language! MELD is comparable to SR.
["MELDing Multiple Granularities of Parallelism", G. Kaiser et al, ECOOP '89, pp. 147-166, Cambridge U Press 1989].
(1994-11-11)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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