Solder
['səʊldə;'sɒldə] or ['sɑdɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces.
(verb.) join or fuse with solder; 'solder these two pipes together'.
Checked by Antoine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.
(n.) anything which unites or cements.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To mend; to patch up.
Typist: Xavier
Definition
v.t. to unite two metallic surfaces by a fusible metallic cement: to cement.—n. a fusible alloy for uniting metals.—ns. Sol′derer; Sol′dering; Sol′dering-bolt -ī′ron a tool with pointed or wedge-shaped copper bit for use in soldering.
Checker: Truman
Examples
- It will fill up the joining and form a perfect solder. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I requested him to make a sheet-brass oil-cup and solder it to the base I had. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then put a piece of sheet zinc over the hole and hold a lighted candle or spirit lamp under the place, which melts the solder on the tin and causes the zinc to adhere without further trouble. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Wires from the coil terminate on metal disks and are securely soldered there. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The head was then soldered and the other end of the pin filed and sharpened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A porous tube, _b_, holds a rod of amalgamated zinc, to the top of which a binding-screw is soldered. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It might save some ice if the seams were all soldered. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To the wires _q r_ two other wires are soldered so as to project in an opposite direction, and dip into the thimbles _l m_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These troughs reach over to the center of the top of the joists, and are soldered together, so that no water will drip on the floor below. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In the process of putting up canned goods the products are filled into the cans, and the caps, or heads, are soldered on. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Millie