soft-solderv.
/ˌsɒf(t)ˈsɒldə/, /ˌsɒf(t)ˈsəʊ(l)də/, U.S. /ˌsɔf(t)ˈsɔdər/, /ˌsɑf(t)ˈsɑdər/ 1. transitive. To join or repair by soldering with soft solder. Also occasionally intransitive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > solder > with specific technique or material
braze1678
plumba1722
soft-solder1769
spelter1861
tin1873
silver-solder1889
to blow on1893
1769 W. Ludlam Astron. Observ. St. John's Coll. Cambr. 73 A piece of thicker brass may be soft soldered within it.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 433 Copper, brass and iron are soft-soldered.
1889 P. N. Hasluck Model Engineer's Handybk. 122 The flue and both ends of the boiler should be brazed in their places, not soft-soldered.
1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 101/2 It is best to soft solder..the link holding the ring.
1976 Pop. Mech. Oct. 175/1 (advt.) Instructions tell you how to soft solder or silver solder too.
2012 D. Greaves Only the Guilty xvi. 80 There appeared to be only one solution, to soft solder them [sc. the leads] on.
2. transitive. colloquial. Chiefly in form soft-sawder. To flatter; to ingratiate oneself with. Cf. slightly earlier sawder v. Now rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)]
flatter?c1225
flackera1250
slickc1250
blandishc1305
blandc1315
glozec1330
beflatter1340
curryc1394
elkena1400
glaverc1400
anointa1425
glotherc1480
losenge1480
painta1513
to hold in halsc1560
soothe1580
smooth1584
smooth1591
soothe1601
pepper1654
palp1657
smoothify1694
butter1700
asperse1702
palaver1713
blarney1834
sawder1834
soft-soap1835
to cock up1838
soft-solder1838
soother1842
behoney1845
soap1853
beslaver1861
beslobber1868
smarm1902
sugar1923
sweetmouth1948
smooth-talk1950
1838 Bell's New Weekly Messenger 15 July 6/1 I gist soft sawder the women.
1839 Adventures Attorney in Search of Pract. 165 Had I comprehended all this thimble-riggery then, I should have been far above the necessity now of ‘soft soldering’ clients!
1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 26 As often as any one soft-sawdered you.
1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 159 Wouldn't you think that as a matter of policy they would soft sodder us a little and quit their slanderin?
1883 Manch. Examiner 26 Nov. 5 When the Irish electors were to be soft-sawdered.
1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide vi. 111 He soft-soddered me till I felt slippery all over.
1964 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 26 6889/1 After soft-sawdering the Liberal party organizer, the hon. member for Port Arthur is the first to suggest that the whole thing be forgotten as soon as possible.
Derivatives
soft-ˈsoldered adj.
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1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 444 It is very essential that all soft-soldered joints should be particularly clean.
1852 Lancet 11 Dec. 549/2 People come for miles to consult this soft-sawdered, would-be doctor.
1905 Windsor Mag. Apr. 692/2 Soft-sawdered kind o' mug, ain't 'e?
1955 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 229 474 The salt tube..was connected by a soft-soldered joint to the pumping tube.
2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) i. 38 A hard-soldered joint can be formed in much the same way as a soft-soldered joint using higher temperatures.
soft-ˈsolderer n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer
fickler?c1225
losenger1303
glothererc1325
flatterera1340
blander1340
flatter1340
glozera1420
fleecherc1425
fager1435
soother1553
smooth-boots1599
sleekstonea1610
blandisher1611
cogger1611
over-prizer1611
smoother1611
colloguer1631
dauber1642
pargetera1656
flattercap1681
whillywhaa1682
sweetener1728
proneur1809
carney1818
soft-soaper1839
soft-solderer1851
smooth-sayer1872
incenser1873
soft-mouth1881
blarneyer1882
flannel-mouth1882
oiler1883
jollier1896
smoodger1898
plámáser1919
sweet-talker1946
smarmy1957
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > welder or solderer
solderer1530
welder1828
soft-solderer1880
1851 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 714 The highest law officer of the State..condescending to enact the part of a ‘soft-sawderer’.
1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond II. xvi. 214 Here's my Janet I've brought up for you,..out of the way of every damned soft-sawderer.
1880 Birmingham Daily Post 29 Sept. 3/6 (advt.) Wanted, a good Soft Solderer.
1978 Engineer 5 Oct. 82/2 (advt.) Gold, Silver and Soft Solderers.
soft-ˈsoldering n.
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1798 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Mar. 576 Soft-soldering is effected by plumbers' solder or tin.
1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché ii. 46 I don't like to be left alone with a gall, it's plaguy apt to set me a soft sawderin' and a courtin'.
1926 J. Pollock Twelve One-acters 103 I don't want any soft-sawdering.
2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) i. 46 The term soft soldering refers to any soldering process in which the solder used makes a joint which will not withstand too much stress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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