meld

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

meld, v. t. & i. [G. melden to announce.].

•  In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score; as, to meld a sequence.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  to mix together so that the components are indistinguishable.  [WordNet 1.5]

meld, n. 

•  Any combination or score which may be declared, or melded, in pinochle.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and dueces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

meld, v. & n.
--v.tr. (also absol.) (in rummy, canasta, etc.) lay down or declare (one's cards) in order to score points.
--n. a completed set or run of cards in any of these games.

meld, v.tr. & intr. orig. US merge, blend, combine.

Etymology

perh. f. MELT + WELD(1)

THESAURUS

meld

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