3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solder \Sol"der\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solder \Sol"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soldered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Soldering}.] [Formerlysoder. See {Solder}, n.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
solder
n : an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join
two metal surfaces
v : join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together"
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