Definition of "vould"

"Vy midout you de movement vould crumble like a mummy in de air; be not such a fool-man.

1914, I. Zangwill, Children of the Ghetto‎

Hurriedly came the answer: "Mine frent, you surely vould not refuse me two per zent discount on a strictly cash transaction like dis?"

1916, Peggy Edmund, Harold W. Williams, compilers, Toaster's Handbook‎

Head Cook: Of a truth, madame, I vould not have done so, madame, but my scullions have all gone, and I had none to guard ze Christmas pie to-night!

1897, Alice Maude Kellogg, Christmas Entertainments‎