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Webster 1913 Edition


Solder

Sol′der

,
Noun.
[Formerly
soder
; F.
soudure
, OF.
soudeure
, fr. OF. & F.
souder
to solder, L.
solidare
to fasten, to make solid. See
Solid
, and cf.
Sawder
.]
A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.
Hence,
anything which unites or cements.
Hard solder
,
a solder which fuses only at a red heat, as one composed of zinc and copper, or silver and copper, etc.
Soft solder
,
a solder fusible at comparatively low temperatures;
as, plumbers’ solder, consisting of two parts lead and one part tin, is a
soft solder
.

Sol′der

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Soldered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Soldering
.]
[Formerly
soder
. See
Solder
,
Noun.
]
1.
To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.
2.
To mend; to patch up.
“To solder up a broken cause.”
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition


Solder

SOL'DER

,
Verb.
T.
[from L. solido, solidus.] To unite by a metallic cement. [See Soder.]

SOL'DER

,
Noun.
A metallic cement. [See Soder.]

Definition 2024


solder

solder

English

A spool of solder.

Noun

solder (uncountable)

  1. Any of various alloys, often of tin and lead, that are used to join small pieces of metal together

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Verb

solder (third-person singular simple present solders, present participle soldering, simple past and past participle soldered)

  1. To join with (or as if with) solder.

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French

Etymology

Cf. solde.

Verb

solder

  1. to close (a deal)
  2. (finance) to settle, to pay off (debt)
  3. to sell at sales, to have a sale
  4. (reflexive, ~ par) to end up (in), to result (in)

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