To join ropes together by a worming over both.

perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

to tie two lines together

placing two lines together, as in hoisting a boat; to sew together temporarily the ends of two lines for rendering through the block.

To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.

To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.

To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.