单词 | soft solder |
释义 | soft soldern. 1. Solder that has a relatively low melting point, typically being an alloy of lead and tin. Frequently contrasted with hard solder n. at hard adj. and n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > solder > types of gold solder1580 soft solder1594 spelter solder1671 silver solder1682 spelter1815 silver-soldering1843 pewter solder1850 Wood1860 strap solder1885 tinman's solder1937 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 1 Sodered verie close with safte Soder. 1672 W. Salmon Polygraphice iii. xxix. 253 Take Silver five peny weight, Brass four peny weight; melt them together for soft Solder, which runs soonest. 1747 B. Martin Philosophia Britannica II. vi. 52 (footnote) So great may the Degree of Heat acquired in Water this way be, as to melt soft Solder. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 406 The solder generally made use of by the plumber is called soft solder. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 207 More than five thousand pairs of barrels made and put together with soft solder only. 1921 Gas Manuf., Distribution & Use (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) ii. 108/1 Joints made in this way are very much stronger than those made by soft solder. 2016 B. A. Powell Coll. Care iix. 322 Hard solder creates stronger joints than soft solder, and is therefore the preferred choice for most applications in steel and brass. 2. colloquial. Chiefly in form soft sawder. Flattery; ingratiating behaviour; (also) exaggeration. Cf. soft soap n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. x. 78 If she goes to act ugly, I'll give her a dose of ‘soft sawder’. 1845 J. R. Planché Golden Fleece ii. 23 Begone, I charge you, none of your soft solder: Your downy words don't weigh with me a feather. 1846 Ld. Shaftesbury Jrnl. 4 Mar. in E. Hodder Life Earl Shaftesbury (1886) II. xiv. 135 ‘Soft sawder’ to the mill-owners (unless it is skilfully applied) is a damper to the men. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv. 51 The people [get] their annooal soft sodder an' taxes. 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Sept. 3 It is so evident..that a square-jawed ruffian..will yield like a cherub to soft-solder and coaxing. 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds I. v. 90 Till he had done listening to the ‘soft sawder’ of Crabtree the banker's..wife. 1924 J. H. Wilkinson Leeds Dial. Gloss. & Lore 191 Soft-sawther, flattery; words from a ‘greasy’ tongue. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) ii. xviii. 465 We are not formally engaged... That was soft sawder. 1970 J. Finney Time & Again xii. 153 ‘This is Simon Morley, who arrives without reference or much luggage. But with an abundance of soft sawder with which he is most generous.’.. I didn't know what ‘soft sawder’ was, but learned later that ‘soft solder’ was the phrase and that it meant exaggerated speech or flattery or both. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1594 |
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