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Soldering

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sol·der  (sdr)
n.
1. Any of various fusible alloys, usually tin and lead, used to join metallic parts.
2. Something that joins or cements.
v. sol·dered, sol·der·ing, sol·ders
v.tr.
1. To unite or repair (parts, for example) with solder.
2. To join or unite: The agreement soldered the factions into an alliance.
v.intr.
1. To unite or repair something with solder.
2. To be joined or united.
[Middle English soudur, from Old French soudure, soldure, from souder, soulder, to solder, from Latin solidre, to make solid, from solidus, solid; see solid.]
solder·a·ble adj.
solder·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Soldering - fastening firmly togethersoldering - fastening firmly together            
bonding
fastening, attachment - the act of fastening things together
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So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman, until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints worked as well as ever.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
First he took out a soldering iron and some plumbing solder, and then small oil lamp, which gave out, when lit in a corner of the tomb, gas which burned at a fierce heat with a blue flame, then his operating knives, which he placed to hand, and last a round wooden stake, some two and a half or three inches thick and about three feet long.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
It was a small cavity under ten feet of water; but I think that I can warrant the pond not to need soldering till they find a worse leak than that.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
 
 
 
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