Seld vs Meld - What's the difference?
seld | meld |
(obsolete, or, dialectal, Scotland) Seldom.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191:
(US) to combine two similar objects into one
In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
As an adjective seld
is rare, uncommon.As an adverb seld
is seldom.As a verb meld is
to combine two similar objects into one.As a noun meld is
a combination of cards which is melded.seld
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge.
Derived terms
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English
Etymology 1
Possibly a portmanteau of “melt” and “weld”; alternatively, from English “melled” (“blended”), from (etyl) meller (“to mix”).Verb
(en verb)- One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
- Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like — we can all be proud of our young country. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/africa/27safrica.html?_r=1&oref=login]